Pyrrhotite

Unknown Owner

Help improve this recordNo owner is registered for this specimen yet. If it's yours or you know more about it, you can add the owner, provenance, publications and other details.

The Blue Bell Mine of British Columbia was a major lead-zinc producer in the province until its closing in 1971. We have seen some pyromorphite from here but this is the first pyrrhotite I have personally seen from the locality. This rare and very fine specimen features two intergrown, stacked clusters of lustrous, bronzy-brown, pseudo-hexagonal plates of pyrrhotite. There is an excellent article on this noted locale in the January-February, 1977 issue of the Mineralogical Record. "The specimen quality rivals other well-known localities such as Santa Eulalia, Mexico and Trepca, Yugoslavia." This choice piece probably dates to the late 1950s to early 1960s. Ex. Dennis Mullane Collection.