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PYR0021 - PYRRHOTITE and SPHALERITE with SIDERITE and CALCITE

PYRRHOTITE and SPHALERITE with SIDERITE and  CALCITE
PYRRHOTITE and SPHALERITE with SIDERITE and  CALCITEPYRRHOTITE and SPHALERITE with SIDERITE and  CALCITE
$70.00

San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
99mm x 58mm x 38mm
Cabinet
Brassy 6-sided pyrrhotite crystals to 0.8 cm across are intergrown with black sphalerite var. marmatite crystals to 1 cm across, on a massive sulfide matrix. Tan microcrystalline botryoidal siderite covers many pyrrhotite and sphalerite crystals. White translucent scalenohedral calcite to 0.3 cm long also present. Some minor edge-chipping on a few pyrrhotites. Nice combo specimen – Mexican pyrrhotites are not seen much in dealer stocks anymore...

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