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Fluorite with Pyrite from Old Mine Plaza construction site, Mine Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut

 
Fluorite with Pyrite from Old Mine Plaza construction site, Mine Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Fluorite with Pyrite from Old Mine Plaza construction site, Mine Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 28801
Mineral:Fluorite with Pyrite
Locality:Old Mine Plaza construction site, Mine Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Description:Many crystals of purple fluorite with colorless quartz and a single pyrite crystal. The fluorite crystals are cubic with dodecahedral edge modifications. Though there is minor damage in areas, this is a rare Connecticut mineral specimen.
Overall Size:4x3x2 cm
Crystals:1-3.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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