AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Tennessee > Calcite with Pyrite inclusions |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 52747 |
Mineral: | Calcite with Pyrite inclusions |
Locality: | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee |
Description: | Doubly-terminated scalenohedral transparent calcite crystals fully crystallized on all faces except a few small (5-10 mm) contact points on a few faces. The calcite has golden-orange color at the terminations and microscopic pyrite inclusion throughout. Collected ca. 1985 |
Overall Size: | 12x8x7 cm |
Crystals: | 25-95 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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