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Pretty pink and poisonous Erythrite is against its shiny silver and structurally-useful Skutterudite.
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Pyrite from
Patmore Mine (Fil-Mil Mine), Amai Inlet (Deep Inlet), Kyuquot Sound, Alberni Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Patmore Mine (Fil-Mil Mine), Amai Inlet (Deep Inlet), Kyuquot Sound, Alberni Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:862684
Long-form Identifier:1:3:862684:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘZeballos, Alberni Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
19.4km (12.1 miles) ⓘMonteith Bay quarry, Alberni Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘPrivateer Mine, Zeballos, Alberni Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
40.0km (24.9 miles) ⓘMerry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
70.9km (44.1 miles) ⓘIsland Copper Mine (Utah Mines Ltd.), Port Hardy, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
82.6km (51.4 miles) ⓘFibroferrite occurrence, Prince's Iron Claims, Quatsino Sound Area, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
91.4km (56.8 miles) ⓘHushamu Cu-Au deposit, Holberg, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
99.4km (61.8 miles) ⓘRed Dog copper-molybdenum deposit, Holberg, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
99.7km (61.9 miles) ⓘORP As-Hg Occurrence, San Josef River Area, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
References
personal correspondence with Giles PeatfieldIdentification: Visual Identification
Thompson, R. M. (1951) Notes and News. Mineral Occurrences in Western Canada. American Mineralogist, 36 (5-6). 504-509
(n.d.) Minfile, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
 
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