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[Firmo Espinar]

Pyrite from Camero Viejo Range, Comarca Tierra de Cameros, La Rioja, Spain.

[Tobi]

[James Catmur]

Tobi,

Those mountains are full of sites. If you walk up almost any stream/gully you will find pyrite. Mostly small and weathered but if you dig you can find fresh ones. I think I found them in every stream I tried. I even found weathered ones to 2 cm. The locals say that you can find huge, weathered ones on the surface, as you herd your goats.

So, this locality could well be correct. We know MinDat is weak on Spanish localities which is why we have the FMF database (head to the Spanish side and check out the FMF locality database, which reflects the brilliant work by Inma at checking Spanish localities)

James

[Firmo Espinar]

Hi Tobi.

Thank for your post.

They only said me this Range as locality due to it´s a new discovery and want to keep the exact point of finding secret. I bought these specimens in a small mineral show near Madrid two months ago.

As James says, there are many places in this region where you can find pyrites.

I think the golden glow makes them special. Navajún´s pyrites are usually more silver coloured.


Regards.

[Firmo Espinar]

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[Firmo Espinar]

Thank you James.

In this case the label is wrong as it says pyrite.

Fixed.

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