Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
Pyrite
Associated Minerals
galena; sphalerite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 160mm
Location in the Mine
19 Level
Provenance
Klein, W.
Collection
MGMH; 127346
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB765
Description
Crystals of pyrite (to 30 mm), with dominant octahedral faces, in a sulphide matrix in which galena and sphalerite are major constituents.
This specimen was number 1043 in the collection of Wilhelm Klein, production manager at Tsumeb between 1916 and 1939. His handwritten catalogue attributes the specimen to 19 Level, midway between the first and second oxidation zones.
