Locality type: | Mine Zone |
Classification |
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Species: | Pyrite |
Formula: | FeS2 |
Comments: | There are no diploids at Nanasivik! |
Habit: | Blocky cubes heavily modified by dodecahedral, pyritohedral, trapezohedral, and octahedral forms. |
Colour: | yellow metallic |
Luminescent properties: | none |
Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Marcasite | ⓘ1 photo of Pyrite associated with Marcasite at this locality. |
Sphalerite | ⓘ1 photo of Pyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyrite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Area 29 North, Main Level, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (19 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 679917 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:679917:5 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 70139426-24f8-4b54-ba2d-8121b40b8f18 |
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite |
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0.0km (0.0 miles) | ⓘNanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada |
References |
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Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (issue) | Lawrence, Kansas Front cover Quartz scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington;...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Meieran collection. Forsterite, 2 cm, from St. John’s Island, Egypt. Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge...California, and some of them ultimately migrated north. In 1858, when gold was discovered along the Fraser...of the Haida tribe living on Queen Charlotte’s Island drove them off with hand-cast golden bullets (not |
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Area 29 North, Main Level, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada