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Pyrite on Calcite from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

 
Pyrite on Calcite from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Pyrite on Calcite from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Pyrite on Calcite from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Pyrite on Calcite from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Pyrite on Calcite from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Pyrite on Calcite from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

DESCRIPTION:No. 76949
Mineral:Pyrite on Calcite
Locality:Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa
Description:Lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 3.5 mm on lustrous translucent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 21 mm long on brown limestone. The pyrite crystals are complex crystal form and have greenish iridescence on the surfaces. Collected ca. 1970
Overall Size:6.5x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 21 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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