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Calcite with Pyrite-Marcasite from Brushy Creek Mine, 1100' Level, Drift 106, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

 
Calcite with Pyrite-Marcasite from Brushy Creek Mine, 1100' Level, Drift 106, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

Calcite with Pyrite-Marcasite from Brushy Creek Mine, 1100' Level, Drift 106, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

Calcite with Pyrite-Marcasite from Brushy Creek Mine, 1100' Level, Drift 106, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

DESCRIPTION:No. 42194
Mineral:Calcite with Pyrite-Marcasite
Locality:Brushy Creek Mine, 1100' Level, Drift 106, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri
Description:Flat plate of sharp scalenohedral gray calcite crystals up to 40 mm long with green-to-brown metallic pyrite-marcasite (probably both) microcrystals coating select faces of the calcite. The calcite gray color is caused by microscopic inclusions. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #432; acquired in 1999
Overall Size:18x8x3 cm
Crystals:0.5-40.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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