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Calcite, Pyrite


Calcite : CaCO3, Pyrite : FeS2

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Locality: New Rosewarne Mine, Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
8.7x5.5x3cm. A light coloured matrix has a lovely spray of clearish calcite xtls on a rich druse of iriescent pyrite. Some cubic pyrite xtls are also present which have a red colouration.

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