Covellite with Pyrite
specimen number:
3332476
location:
Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
description:
Outstanding example with tightly compacted iridescent beautiful blue well-defined crystals of covellite, these measuring to almost 2.8 cm across, on a crystalline covellite matrix with pyrite. For one of these I think in very good condition. Classic material from Butte.
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