Pyrite (w. quartz)

TSNB643
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Pyrite (w. quartz); 25 mm.
Exhibit 1. Pyrite (w. quartz); 25 mm.
Image Credit: Sharon Cisneros
Exhibit 2. 4.4 mm field of view.
Exhibit 2. 4.4 mm field of view.
Image Credit: Eugene Cisneros
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Specimen Title

Pyrite (w. quartz)

Associated Minerals

quartz; undetermined

Principal Mineral

Pyrite

Size

Thumbnail; 25mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Collection

Cisneros, S. & E.

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB643

Description

Brassy, metallic, striated pyritohedrons of pyrite (to circa 2 mm) on a shard of sulphide ore which is extensively encrusted with drusy quartz. A sparse fibrous white mineral on the reverse side of the specimen (Exhibit 2) is unidentified.
 
The specimen is in the collection of Sharon and Eugene Cisneros.