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Helvite with quartz and pyrite

You can see three generations of growth in this specimen. Clear quartz formed first. The yellow crystal of helvite grew on top, and flecks of brassy pyrite crystallized later.

Group: Silicates
Catalog Number: R19454
Locality: Pachapaqui mine, Huanco , Peru

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