MN322

Sample ID MN322 • Cabinet E

Pyrite

23.444cm W x 6.809cm H x 9.339cm D • 1854g
Sample TypeMineralColorGoldLusterMetallic
StreakBlackCleavage/FractureUneven fractureSpecific Gravity
Geographic Location/DateChester VT Mohs Hardness 8

A long hunk of assumedly decomposed pyrite (black/green material that has a greener streak and is magnetic) upon which lies well deFined cube-shaped pyrite crystals. Some of the crystals are sLightly oxidized and therefore rusted. They are not a bright golden color but rather a solid mix between silver and gold.