Calcite with Bitumen, Pyrite
specimen number:
3831006
location:
Rensselaer Quarry, Jasper Co., Indiana, USA
description:
A scalenohedral crystal of calcite 3.3 cm in height coming off a matrix with minor pyrite. Typical of this locality, the entire specimen coated with a thin layer of bitumen. In good condition with just slight micro-cleaving at the termination.
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