AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Calcite with linear zones of Pyrite inclusions |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 76084 |
Mineral: | Calcite with linear zones of Pyrite inclusions |
Locality: | Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York |
Description: | Transparent yellow calcite crystals in parallel orientation with remnants of dolomite and sulfide matrix on the edge. The calcite crystals have microscopic yellow-metallic pyrite crystals included in linear zones corresponding to the calcite structure. Collected ca. 1996 |
Overall Size: | 3.5x3x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 28 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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