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Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from Showalter Quarry, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

 
Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from Showalter Quarry, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from Showalter Quarry, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 57487
Mineral:Calcite with Pyrite inclusions
Locality:Showalter Quarry, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent yellow scalenohedral calcite crystals to 40 mm with small metallic pyrite inclusions to 1 mm inside the calcite crystals.
Overall Size:9x8x5 cm
Crystals:micro to 40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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