Calcite with Pyrite
specimen number:
1654447
location:
Magpie Mine, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire, England, UK
description:
Sharp scalenohedral crystals of calcite to almost 3.0 cm in height across the top of matrix. The crystals are lustrous and translucent, dark in color due to many inclusions of micro pyrite. Some cleaving present, the prominent crystals are in sharp in good condition.
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