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Calcite, Pyrite
Hampstead Farm Quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Overall height is 45mm
It shows separate calcite growth phases very clearly, the earlier phase being coated with a later phase of pyrite. 

Photo & Specimen kindly supplied by Ian Jones. Thanks Ian! (Author: James)

Calcite, Pyrite
Hampstead Farm Quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Overall height is 45mm
It shows separate calcite growth phases very clearly, the earlier phase being coated with a later phase of pyrite.

Photo & Specimen kindly supplied by Ian Jones. Thanks Ian! (Author: James)

Dimensions: 800 x 624
File size: 25.98 kbytes
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