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Calcite with Pyrite-Marcasite from Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

 
Calcite with Pyrite-Marcasite from Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

Calcite with Pyrite-Marcasite from Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

Calcite with Pyrite-Marcasite from Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

DESCRIPTION:No. 56792
Mineral:Calcite with Pyrite-Marcasite
Locality:Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri
Description:Cluster of sharp scalenohedral translucent gray calcite crystals to 35 mm long with iridescent green-to-yellow metallic pyrite-marcasite (probably both) microcrystals coating select faces. The calcite gray color is caused by microscopic inclusions.
Overall Size:9x5.5x4 cm
Crystals:0.5-35.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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