Calcite with Pyrite
specimen number:
1651957
location:
Frazers Hush mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England, UK
description:
A grouping of colorless twinned rhombohedral calcite crystals 3.5 cm across on matrix with crystallized pyrite. In good condition, this is brightly fluorescent red under longwave ultraviolet light. Nice for this long closed locality and species.
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