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Calcite with Pyrite from Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York

 
Calcite with Pyrite from Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York

Calcite with Pyrite from Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York

Calcite with Pyrite from Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York

Calcite with Pyrite from Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 38340
Mineral:Calcite with Pyrite
Locality:Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York
Description:Two complex clusters of translucent calcite crystals up to 13 mm mixed with metallic pyrite and whitish melanterite efflorescence. I believe both cluster were one connected. Notable because it was from Leidy, Father of American Vertebrate Paleontology Ex. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia collection #5808, presented by Dr. Jos. Leidy (1823-1891)
Overall Size:7x4x2; 9x8x2 cm
Crystals:3-13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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