Pyrite replacing Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite, Calcite
specimen number:
1652481
location:
Trepca Stari Trg Mine, Mitrovica, Kosovo
description:
A grouping of thin bladed crystals of what were once pyrrhotite, these now replaced by pyrite across the top of matrix. Lustrous black crystals of sphalerite are present as well. This is just starting to show some pyrite decomposition.
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