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Pyrite, 2.6 cm, showing octahedral cleavage, from the HEC power tunnel at Wilmot, Forth River Gorge, Tasmania, Australia. Reference: Mineralogical Magazine (1979), 43, 183-184. Ex Fred Danziger.

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SpeciesPyrite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions2.6 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityAustralia, Tasmania
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In Australia page 39
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Brian England

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DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Fred DanzigerNot disclosed

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Pyrite
Mineral guide
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brilliant metallic luster, perfect cubes, and golden color; collectors prize affordable pieces to top specimens, with Navajún and Huanzala localities.
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Regional guide
Pyrite from Tasmania
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Locality guide
Tasmania
Tasmania, Australia — a premier collector locality, famed for Zeehan–Dundas crocoite on gossans with dundasite and cerussite, plus Mount Bischoff cassiterite t…