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Pyrite pseudomorphs after Calcite over Quartz from Trepca Stan Terg Mine, Trepca District, 10 km east of Kosozska Mitrovica, Kosovo

 
Pyrite pseudomorphs after Calcite over Quartz from Trepca Stan Terg Mine, Trepca District, 10 km east of Kosozska Mitrovica, Kosovo

Pyrite pseudomorphs after Calcite over Quartz from Trepca Stan Terg Mine, Trepca District, 10 km east of Kosozska Mitrovica, Kosovo

Pyrite pseudomorphs after Calcite over Quartz from Trepca Stan Terg Mine, Trepca District, 10 km east of Kosozska Mitrovica, Kosovo

Pyrite pseudomorphs after Calcite over Quartz from Trepca Stan Terg Mine, Trepca District, 10 km east of Kosozska Mitrovica, Kosovo

DESCRIPTION:No. 64919
Mineral:Pyrite pseudomorphs after Calcite over Quartz
Locality:Trepca Stan Terg Mine, Trepca District, 10 km east of Kosozska Mitrovica, Kosovo
Description:Thin (1 mm) yellow-metallic pyrite pseudomorphs after rhombohedral calcite crystals to 25 mm over colorless transparent quartz crystals to 20 mm. Sequence: quartz formed > calcite grew on top > pyrite grew over the calcite > calcite partially dissolved. Collected in 2014
Overall Size:10.5x5x4 cm
Crystals:1-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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