Pyrite

An irregularly shaped chunk of pyrite with black and gold streaks throughout.

Photo by Stephanie Reed

At our August meeting, Martin showed off this unusual iron pyrite specimen from Colorado. The gold parts are pyrite and the black streaks contain small amounts of gold ore.

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