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Byssolite over Magnetite from French Creek Mine, St. Peters, Pennsylvania

 
Byssolite over Magnetite from French Creek Mine, St. Peters, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 11059
Mineral:Byssolite over Magnetite
Locality:French Creek Mine, St. Peters, Pennsylvania
Description:Cluster of black metallic magnetite octahedral crystals partially coated with greenish byssolite fibrous crystals. See: Famous Mineral Localities - The French Creek Mine in Mineralogical Record volume 25, no. 2. Ex. J. Weigand collection, acquired in 1946
Overall Size:8x4x3 cm
Crystals:5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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