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Pyrite in Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Pyrite in Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Pyrite in Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Pyrite in Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

Pyrite in Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 74428
Mineral:Pyrite in Calcite
Locality:Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Many pyritohedral yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 3 mm in translucent white calcite with a few distinct calcite crystals to 5 mm on greenish-brown basalt. Pyrite, an iron-sulfide, is uncommon in the New Jersey trap rock deposits. Collected in 2000
Overall Size:8.5x6x4 cm
Crystals:1-5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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