AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Connecticut > Pyrite on Quartz

Search
 

Online Mineral Museum Archive of Mineral Photographs and Mineral Descriptions from John Betts - Fine Minerals.com and Allminerals.com

   

Pyrite on Quartz from Thomaston Dam Railroad Cut, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut

 
Pyrite on Quartz from Thomaston Dam Railroad Cut, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Pyrite on Quartz from Thomaston Dam Railroad Cut, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Pyrite on Quartz from Thomaston Dam Railroad Cut, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 79415
Mineral:Pyrite on Quartz
Locality:Thomaston Dam Railroad Cut, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Description:Unusually large (for this locality) 8 mm yellow-metallic pyrite crystal in a shallow cavity lined with lustrous translucent white quartz crystals to 4 mm. The pyrite crystal is cubic form with octahedral corner faces. Collected by D. Swenson in May 2003
Overall Size:4.5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

© AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals All Rights Reserved

The minerals illustrated on this site are presented for reference purposes only. The owner of this site did not collect the minerals and collectors should not assume access is permitted to the property based on inclusion in this museum. Please contact the property owner to obtain legal permission before entering private property. ;