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Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

 
Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa

DESCRIPTION:No. 77146
Mineral:Calcite with Pyrite and Marcasite inclusions
Locality:Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa
Description:Large cluster of lustrous transparent doubly-terminated scalenohedral calcite crystals to 48 mm covering all sides of limestone core. The calcite crystals have inclusions of yellow metallic bladed marcasite crystals and filiform pyrite crystals. Collected ca. 1970
Overall Size:9.5x6.5x6.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 48 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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