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Pyrrhotite, Fluorite, Muscovite

Source volume: 54, issue: 3, PDF page: 25. Label: Figure 14. Pyrrhotite crystal coated by a drusy crust of muscovite (?) crystals on the front pinacoid face, along with lustrous cubic galena crystals and purple cubic fluorite crystals, 13.5 cm, from the Bairendaba deposit. This is the finest specimen from the 2019 pocket, and certainly one of the finest known for the species. Rob Lavinsky (The Arkenstone) specimen, now in the Carabas collection; Robert Mosley photo.

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SpeciesPyrrhotite, Fluorite, Muscovite
Added on10/22/2024
LocalityChina, Inner Mongolia, Bairendaba Ag-polymetallic deposit
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Volume: 54, Issue: 3
Current owner
CC
The Carabas Collection
Acquired
Feb 2025
Member since 2026

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