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Calcite with Pyrite from Erie Railroad Cut (1909), Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey

 
Calcite with Pyrite from Erie Railroad Cut (1909), Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey

Calcite with Pyrite from Erie Railroad Cut (1909), Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey

Calcite with Pyrite from Erie Railroad Cut (1909), Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey

Calcite with Pyrite from Erie Railroad Cut (1909), Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with Pyrite from Erie Railroad Cut (1909), Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with Pyrite from Erie Railroad Cut (1909), Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 81322
Mineral:Calcite with Pyrite
Locality:Erie Railroad Cut (1909), Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey
Description:Large plate of translucent beige-colored calcite crystals to 16 mm completely covering one face of greenish diabase. The calcite crystals rhombohedral form, with small yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 1 mm selectively deposited on the edges. The calcite fluoresces under LW-SW ultraviolet illumination
Overall Size:12x9.5x4 cm
Crystals:micro to 16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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