Galena on Pyrrhotite
specimen number:
8642187
location:
Potosi mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
description:
Pseudo-hexagonal crystals of pyrrhotite to 1.7 cm in length coming off matrix and coated by crystallized galena. Pyrite present as well. These are most likely pyrite replacing pyrrhotite crystals and then the outer coating of crystallized galena present.
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