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Pyrite on Calcite from Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

 
Pyrite on Calcite from Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Pyrite on Calcite from Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Pyrite on Calcite from Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 27850
Mineral:Pyrite on Calcite
Locality:Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Description:Block of gray matrix with one side partially coated with colorless, transparent calcite crystals up to 1 mm with minute crystals of metallic pyrite up to .2 mm. Looks beautiful under magnification. Ex. A. Lincoln Sherk, MD. (1890s-1969); collected Nov. 2, 1930
Overall Size:6x5x3.5 cm
Crystals:.2-1 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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