Pyrrhotite on Calcite with Pyrite

Pyrrhotite on Calcite with Pyrite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Double-sided specimen with one side of white Calcite crystals up to 4 mm with rounded Pyrite crystal groupings up to 10 mm across. The other side (shown in the above picture) is mostly crystallized with bronze-colored Pyrrhotite crystals up to 5 mm with scattered Calcite. Ex. John Albanese (1898-1969), ex. John Albanese, Jr.

Locality

Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico

Dimensions

7.5 x 5.0 x 2.0 cm.


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