[Rockhounds] Darwin, CA Pyrite

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

John,

Mindat lists 56 minerals from the location, including the ones you 
mentioned (orthoclase=feldspar). http://www.mindat.org/loc-3466.html

You must have been up too late if you didn't think to check Mindat.

Kreigh



On Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008, at 03:15 America/Detroit, John Siebel wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> In the course of getting my collection organized (thousands of 
> unlabeled specimens...I know, shame on me, but better late...)  I came 
> across a fist-sized chunk of pyrite crystals with what I'm guessing 
> might be feldspar (lusterous opaque white to slightly pinkish). But 
> I'm also seeing large areas of bright silver that's more massive 
> rather than having defined crystals. I'm guessing galena. Does pyrite, 
> feldspar, galena sound like a likely combination? I got it in trade a 
> while back and the label reads simply, "Pyrite, Darwin, CA". Anyone 
> amiliar with the area? I'ts too late in the evening to dig out the 
> hardness points and HCL to do any tests. And I can't photograph it 
> because I can't find my camera batteries. But that could happen 
> tomorrow.
>
> Thanks - John
>
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