| 10810: Pyrite replacing Pyrrhotite with
Pyrite and Gypsum - $24 Potosà Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico Small cabinet - 8.4 x 6.2 x 3.3 cm 208 grams Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order The pyrite on this specimen is found
in two forms: striated cubes and distorted cubes to about
1.3 cm and replacements (pseudomorphs) after thin
pyrrhotite crystals to 1 cm. Goethite replacements of
prior pyrite crystal columns are abundant at the specimen
base. A single, clear gypsum (variety selenite) crystal
measuring 1.8 cm cm sits at the specimen apex. This
interesting mineral association specimen is in very nice
condition.
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