AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Massachusetts > Sphalerite and Pyrite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 82958 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite and Pyrite |
Locality: | Lane's Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts |
Description: | Rare specimen of dark-metallic sphalerite crystals to 7 mm on greenish basalt with yellow metallic pyrite crystals to 2 mm. Pyrite and sphalerite are sulfide minerals and rarely found at this trap rock quarry. Ex. Miller collection T3668; collected ca. 1992 |
Overall Size: | 33x25x12 mm |
Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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