Barite with Pyrite after Pyrrhotite, Quartz
specimen number:
1603275
location:
Rosebud-Hecla mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
description:
Colorless blocky and gemmy lustrous crystals of barite measuring to 1.5 cm in size on a thin matrix that is coated with sparkling micro quartz crystals. Thin platy crystals of what were once pyrrhotite measuring to 1.0 cm in size, these now replaced by crystalline pyrite, are on matrix as well. This is in very good condition.
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