Pyrite, 1932


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Description

Heavy sample of massively intergrown, pale yellow, metallic, crystals of cubic pyrite giving one side of the sample a scaly appearance. The opposite surface is covered with small cubic crystals of colorless, transparent fluorite.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Contributor
Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
England (probably)
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists