A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Marcasite showing a cock's comb habit |
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| Description | This sample, from Sayersville, New York, is about 8 cm across. It contains marcasite displaying a classic “cock's comb” habit - one of the aids to distinguishing marcasite from pyrite. Both minerals have composition FeS2. Although not visible in this photo, the specimen also contains sphalerite, ZnS. |
| Location | USA ▹ New York. Near Sayersville. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-09. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #237. |
| Key words | marcasite, sphalerite, Pyrite, New York |
| Tech details | 775 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1048 |
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