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Pyrite Mineral Sample from Butte, Montana

Pyrite Mineral Sample from Butte, Montana - Geospecimen
Accession #: NN2017.15C
Title: Pyrite Mineral Sample from Butte, Montana
Object Type: Geospecimen
Participants:
Physical Description: Chunk of pyrite, it is crystalline on one side and smoothed on the other.
Description: What's a mineral? A naturally occurring, inorganic solid found in the earth's crust. Specialists classify minerals by physical structure and chemical composition. Most rocks are made up of several minerals, but some are found in a pure state.
Category: History
Related Objects:
NN2017.15 (Unknown, Geospecimen, Mineral Samples Collected by Koivula, Unknown)
Geographical Reference: Butte (National->Montana->Silver Bow County)
Dimensions:
Object H x W 1.5 x 1.25"
Materials/Techniques:
pyrite (Material)
Related Exhibits:
Credit Line: Found in Collections, 2017

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