Magnetite pseudomorphous after pyrite

Description

Very dark red to brown crystals of magnetite partially pseudomorphous after pyrite with garnet. Erins (Errins), 6km north of Tarbet, Kintyre, Argyll.

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G.2019.25.5344

Erins, Tarbet, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Heddle Collection
Heddle, Matthew Forster, 1828 - 1897