AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Missouri > Calcite with Pyrite inclusions |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 55727 |
Mineral: | Calcite with Pyrite inclusions |
Locality: | Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri |
Description: | Highly transparent rhombohedral calcite partial crystal with yellow-metallic filiform and cubic pyrite crystal inclusions in zoned horizons running through the calcite plus elongated translucent red inclusions of an unidentified mineral (rutile?). |
Overall Size: | 4x3.5x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | 0.2-40.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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