Arsenopyrite on Pyrite after Pyrrhotite
specimen number:
4272543
location:
Huanzala mine, Ancash, Peru
description:
Platy crystals of what were once pyrrhotite measuring to 3.0 cm in size, these now replaced by pyrite and in turn coated by metallic silver needlelike crystals of arsenopyrite. This is in very good condition.
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