Goethite after Pyrite
specimen number:
8632515
location:
Green Monster Mtn, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
description:
Impressive example for this pseudomorph from this Alaska locality. Cubic crystals of what were once pyrite measuring to 3.0 cm on edge, these now replaced by lustrous brown goethite, forming a large matrix less cluster. This is in really good condition. There are no points of attachment. An old specimen likely from the 1960s.
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