Hematite, Muscovite (Var: Sericite), Quartz
Beard Mine, Guilford County Copper Mining District, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Bladed, lustrous, black hematite & dark grayish-green, platy sericite on a white milky quartz matrix. Subhedral, reddish-brown siderite occurs in the quartz & shows crude rhombic shapes. A trace unidentified yellow crust occurs on the specimen surface. Rare specimen from an obscure, long closed North Carolina mine. Acquired from & collected by M. ...
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