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Siderite, Pyrite, Quartz from Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury Station, Litchfield County, Connecticut

 
Siderite, Pyrite, Quartz from Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury Station, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Siderite, Pyrite, Quartz from Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury Station, Litchfield County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 31429
Mineral:Siderite, Pyrite, Quartz
Locality:Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury Station, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Description:Elongated milky quartz crystals up to 40 mm embedded in greenish-brown siderite with a small cluster of yellow metallic pyrite crystals up to 4 mm. One end of the siderite is dark brown. Siderite was the ore at this mine, but proved difficult to smelt. Old collection #139
Overall Size:8x6x5 cm
Crystals:1-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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