Pyrite with Calcite

specimen number:
5004561

location:
Trepca Stari Trg Mine, Mitrovica, Kosovo

description:
Golden semi lustrous crystals of pyrite measuring to 1.8 cm in size in a cluster with crystallized calcite. Some damage present as seen. There are disc-shaped crystals of what were once pyrrhotite, these now replaced by crystallized pyrite, present as well. The calcite crystals are brilliantly fluorescent red under longwave ultraviolet light.

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