Minerals of the Chickering Mine Walpole, NH     PYRITE   FeS2           Back to Chickering front page.
Specimen owner ID's (capitals): TM = Tom Mortimer, BW = Bob Wilken, BJ = Bob Janules, PC = Peter Cristofono, AW = Anna Wilken
Photographer ID's (lower case).
Identification: Visual.
Discussion:
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PYRITE    1 mm pyrite crystal     PC      Photo: PYT_1   [pc]
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PYRITE    ?? mm pyrite sphere or pyrite coated sphere, (center)     PC      Photo: PYT_2   [pc]
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PYRITE    Pyrite crystal pocket     PC      Photo: PYT_3   [pc]

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PYRITE    10 mm field of view. Had thought this was arsenopyrite with scorodite coating but EDS analysis showed it to be simply pyrite. It is possible this is marcasite, chemically indistinguishable from pyrite.    TM      Photo: PYT_4   [tm]