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Pyrite on Calcite over Amethyst Quartz from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

 
Pyrite on Calcite over Amethyst Quartz from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Pyrite on Calcite over Amethyst Quartz from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Pyrite on Calcite over Amethyst Quartz from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Pyrite on Calcite over Amethyst Quartz from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Pyrite on Calcite over Amethyst Quartz from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

DESCRIPTION:No. 78030
Mineral:Pyrite on Calcite over Amethyst Quartz
Locality:Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Description:Lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals on flattened-rhombohedral translucent yellow calcite crystals to 7 mm over lustrous translucent purple amethyst quartz crystals to 8 mm. Received in trade from Robert Sproule on 24 June 1995
Overall Size:20x15x15 mm
Crystals:micro to 8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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