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RH3-47
Pyrite on Quartz
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Miniature, 3.9 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Ex. Richard Hauck
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From one of America's great copper mines, this specimen features a quartz matrix of colorless, quartz crystals, to 1.0 cm in length, which host two, equant, splendent, octahedral, pyrite crystals, to 1.5 cm across. Some minor damage present as you can see in pics. This is an excellent example of what used to be, from Butte.

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