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Calcite on Dolomite with Pyrite from Meridian Quarry, Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas

 
Calcite on Dolomite with Pyrite from Meridian Quarry, Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Calcite on Dolomite with Pyrite from Meridian Quarry, Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas

Calcite on Dolomite with Pyrite from Meridian Quarry, Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas

DESCRIPTION:No. 52089
Mineral:Calcite on Dolomite with Pyrite
Locality:Meridian Quarry, Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas
Description:Transparent yellow-to-colorless doubly-terminated scalenohedral calcite crystals to 28 mm across on saddle-shaped lustrous pink dolomite crystals to 7 mm with scattered pyrite crystals to 1 mm. The calcite on the right edge is incomplete. Ex. Doris Biggs collection
Overall Size:12x7.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-28.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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