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Gold With Pyrite & Mica

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Description
Locality: 
Con Mine, Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Weight: 
8.00gr
Description

Grey quartz is hosting areas with more or less finely dispersed gold, partly showing mustard-like color and a silky luster. Associated with minor pyrite and bronze-metallic mica.

The Con gold mine operated from 1939 till 2003 exploiting the same deposit as the adjacent Negus Mine, which was operated from 1939 to 1952. The mines were later interconnected.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Mica

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

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