| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from West Virginia > Calcite, Nontronite over filiform Pyrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 76137 |
| Mineral: | Calcite, Nontronite over filiform Pyrite |
| Locality: | County Road 21 road cut, 9 km south Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 1 mm with overgrowth of small yellowish nontronite microcrystals and an elongated bar-shaped tarnished metallic 1 mm pyrite crystal. The previous label also listed analcime and chabazite. See article: The Minerals of Sugar Grove, West Virginia in Rocks and Minerals, vol. 68 #3, May-June 1993 |
| Overall Size: | 17x14x11 mm |
| Crystals: | micro to 1 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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