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Calcite with Pyrite over Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

 
Calcite with Pyrite over Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Calcite with Pyrite over Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Calcite with Pyrite over Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Calcite with Pyrite over Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 65471
Mineral:Calcite with Pyrite over Sphalerite
Locality:Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
Description:Lustrous transparent gray scalenohedral calcite crystals to 24 mm with black sphalerite crystals to 15 mm that are overgrown with yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 1 mm. The calcite crystals have brown internal phantom-growth zones. Ex. D. Miller collection #M1997, collected in 2006
Overall Size:6.5x5.5x4 cm
Crystals:1-24 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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