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Calcite included with Pyrite (ex Brian Kosnar collection)
- Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
- Miniature, 4.8 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
- Start Time: 02/16/2012 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/23/2012 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
The Braen's Quarry in New Jersey has been a seldom collection quarry for year, but has been a source of excellent Zeolite specimens and associated species. This piece features no Zeolites, but it hosts lovely golden Calcite crystals up to 1.8 cm which are included with small sparkling crystals of golden Pyrite. You can see the Pyrites under magnification, and I photographed them under the microscope to better illustrate their quality. A wonderful example of this fantastic phenomenon in the mineral world.