Pyrite after Pyrrhtotite with Muscovite
specimen number:
1654021
location:
Panasqueira Mines, Beira Baixa, Portugal
description:
Pseudo-hexagonal crystals of what were once pyrrhotite to 0.6 cm in size, these now replaced by sparkling golden crystallized pyrite, and set nicely up on a muscovite crystal matrix. This is in good condition. This is from the late 1980s.
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