Calcite on Dolomite with Sphalerite from Walworth Quarry, Wayne County, New York
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 71360
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Mineral: | Calcite on Dolomite with Sphalerite
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Locality: | Walworth Quarry, Wayne County, New York |
Description: | Lustrous transparent yellow scalenohedral calcite crystals to 25 mm on lustrous translucent white rhombohedral dolomite crystals to 8 mm with a small 2 mm translucent orange sphalerite crystal lining a cavity in gray limestone. Rear was sawn flat. From my private collection; collected ca. 2000 |
Overall Size: | 8.5x6x4.5 cm |
Crystals: | 2-25 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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