Calcite with Marcasite inclusions
specimen number:
3831788
location:
Mid-Continent mine, Treece, Kansas, USA
description:
A grouping of transparent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals. This is cleaved on the bottom and backside. The piece has been dipped in acid to bring out the luster not atypical of specimens found in the late 1960s. Marcasite inclusions throughout.
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