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Calcite on Pyrite from Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, 6 km east of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana

 
Calcite on Pyrite from Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, 6 km east of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana

Calcite on Pyrite from Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, 6 km east of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana

Calcite on Pyrite from Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, 6 km east of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana

DESCRIPTION:No. 63443
Mineral:Calcite on Pyrite
Locality:Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, 6 km east of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana
Description:Lustrous transparent brown calcite crystals to 23 mm on brown crystals of microscopic transparent brown calcite crystals intermixed with yellow-metallic pyrite crystals. The large calcite crystals are prismatic hexagonal form with complex terminations. Ex. Mort Metersky collection
Overall Size:32x23x16 mm
Crystals:micro to 23 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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