| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Indiana > Pyrite on Marcasite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 78136 |
| Mineral: | Pyrite on Marcasite |
| Locality: | Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, 6 km east of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana |
| Description: | Lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 2 mm in hemispherical aggregates to 12 mm diameter on an earlier generation of greenish yellow-metallic marcasite crystals to 3 mm. Shows no sign of decomposition after 40 years out of the ground. Collected ca. 1975. |
| Overall Size: | 8x5.5x4.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-3.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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