Goethite after Pyrite with Calcite
specimen number:
1971019
location:
N'Chwaning Mines, Northern Cape, South Africa
description:
Interesting specimen from this famous mining district, a cluster of what were once cubic pyrite crystals to .5 cm across, these now replaced by goethite, and set along one edge of matrix covered by small sparkling crystals of calcite. In great condition.
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