Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Pyrrhotite

Views:
Watches:
SYA752630

Pyrrhotite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

A cluster of three terminated, brassy colored pyrrhotite crystals and tiny bright black sphalerite crystals.

The largest crystal in the middle is double terminated.

Very good specimen from the 1960/70s - not offen seen nowadays.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps