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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 63516 |
| Mineral: | Pyrite, Quartz, Calcite |
| Locality: | railroad cut near Thomaston Dam, Litchfield County, Connecticut |
| Description: | Lustrous yellow-metallic cubic pyrite crystals to 1 mm on transparent-to-translucent gray quartz crystals to 3 mm on rhombic gray calcite that has lamellar etched edges. The pyrite crystals have a brown limonite coating in areas. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1970s by a construction worker at the site |
| Overall Size: | 4.5x4.5x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.1-3.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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