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Calcite and Pyrite from Moll Doyle Mine, Hays Level, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland

 
Calcite and Pyrite from Moll Doyle Mine, Hays Level, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland

Calcite and Pyrite from Moll Doyle Mine, Hays Level, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland

Calcite and Pyrite from Moll Doyle Mine, Hays Level, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite and Pyrite from Moll Doyle Mine, Hays Level, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland

DESCRIPTION:No. 60352
Mineral:Calcite and Pyrite
Locality:Moll Doyle Mine, Hays Level, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland
Description:Thin bladed white translucent calcite crystals to 15 mm with scattered yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 1 mm. The calcite crystals fluoresce pink-orange under SW UV illumination. Collected in June 2004
Overall Size:7.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:0.2-15.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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