Pyrite after Pyrrhotite with Galena, Calcite
specimen number:
5003477
location:
Trepca Stari Trg Mine, Mitrovica, Kosovo
description:
A cluster of what were once platy crystals of pyrrhotite measuring to 4.0 cm in size, these now replaced by bright golden crystallized pyrite. The cluster is accented beautifully with creamy colorless crystals of calcite and minor galena. The calcite crystals are intensely fluorescent red under longwave ultraviolet light. In great condition. Collected in 2019.
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