AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pennsylvania > Pyrite on Calcite |
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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