| | Description | |
| Comments: | Relatively scarce in this porphyry orebody. Particularly abundant in dioritic border facies; also in Concentrator volcanics as a few fine crystal groups. Veinlets to 2 - 3 cm thick and discrete grains in silicates, quartz, and magnetite. | | Habit: | Crystals to 1 cm, bounded by pyritohedral and cubic faces. | | Quality of samples: | not specified / average specimens | | Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid | | References | |
| References: | Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 341; Thomas, W.J. & R.B. Gibbs (1983), Famous mineral localities: The New Cornelia mine, Ajo, AZ, Min.Rec.: 14: 283-298; Gilluly, J. (1937), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 141: 68-75, 79-81. | | Associated minerals: | |
| Associates: | Bornite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Hematite
Magnetite
Posnjakite
Quartz
Sericite
| | Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyrite data | | Locality Data: | Click here to view New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA |
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