Iron Pyrite by UVDan
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Description
A friend with mining claims in Oregon came to visit with this nice chunk of Iron Pyrite. I jumped on the chance to photograph it. It is quite easy to see how some tenderfoot would mistake this for Gold. They were not too far wrong because in a vein of Iron Pyrite there is often a little gold along the edges.
Comments (14)
kbrog
Nice specimen your friend found and a good capture! :) We can always use more iron and a little gold never hurts. ;)
UVDan
Thanks kbrog.
Steeleyes101
Yep it got me once when I was in Cali
UVDan
Nice of you to drop by Steeleyes101.
tom271
Therrss gould intherr hills ... Good shot...
UVDan
Thanks Tom. If you ever make it out here to Arizona, we can go out and try to find us some gold in them thar hills.
alessimarco
Great capture of some "fool's gold"!
UVDan
Thanks alessimarco.
Rhanagaz
Great capture! Not gold but beautiful! ;o)
UVDan
Thanks Rhanagaz. It is very beautiful with the cubic crystals. And it is very heavy for it's small size.
jmb007
jolie pierre
UVDan
Thanks for stopping by jmb007.
heinrich1984
I really thought thats gold.great work!
UVDan
Thanks heinrich1984.