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Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa

 
Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa

DESCRIPTION:No. 76739
Mineral:Calcite with Pyrite inclusions
Locality:New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 16 mm with many yellow-metallic pyrite crystal inclusions. The label did not specify the exact locality, but possibly came from the old Peter Meyer's quarry 2.4 km north of town. Collected ca. 1925
Overall Size:3.5x2.5x1.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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