| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Calcite with Marcasite inclusions on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 71421 |
| Mineral: | Calcite with Marcasite inclusions on Quartz |
| Locality: | Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York |
| Description: | Transparent yellow-brown 32 mm calcite crystal included with filiform marcasite crystals to 4 mm, with lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 30 mm. The calcite crystal contacted the matrix on the bottom and cleaved cleanly. From my personal collection; collected in 1994. See: Marcasite Inclusions in Calcite from St. Johnsville, NY. In Mineral News v.17 #6 |
| Overall Size: | 5.5x3x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-32 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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