Hessite, 1561


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Description

Sample of massive, white calcite with at least three veins of dark gray, metallic hessite. Historic Catalog suggests the presence of petzite, however none is observable.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Date
1804
Creator
Shepard, Charles Upham, 1804-1886
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Savodinski Mine, Russia, Siberia
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists