Faustite was discovered in the Copper King Mine in Eureka County, Nevada.
It was named in 1953 after George Tobias Faust, a U.S. Geological Survey
employee.
This is a rare stone that has shown up in only a few deposits.
It is typically found as a vein or in spot formations within chert, shale and
limestone. It also tends to be mixed with a local type of clay
called Montmorillonite, which makes this stone quite brittle.
