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Pyrite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

 
Pyrite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Pyrite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Pyrite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Pyrite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 76632
Mineral:Pyrite in marble
Locality:Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey
Description:Two yellow-metallic pyrite in translucent gray marble. One pyrite crystal is a textbook example of octahedral crystal with pairs of symmetric pyritohedral faces in the corners. The other pyrite crystal has a chipped edge. Collected in 1995 during the FOMS field trip
Overall Size:23x21x15 mm
Crystals:4.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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