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Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

 
Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

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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