Kentucky Field Trip
July 2008
By Mike Streeter
(mcstreeter@charter.net)

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After revisiting one of the above collecting locations in July 2016, the following specimen pictures were added to this report:

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Dolomite, malachite, calcite, limonite
after marcasite and sphalerite in quartz geode
24 cm long

Dolomite, malachite, calcite, limonite
after marcasite in quartz geode
horizontal field of view = 3.5 cm


Dolomite, malachite, calcite, limonite
after marcasite in quartz geode
horizontal field of view = 3 cm

Limonite after marcasite
& sphalerite in quartz geode
horizontal field of view = 10 mm


Malachite, calcite, limonite after marcasite,
dolomite and sphalerite in quartz/chalcedony geode
16 cm wide

Malachite, calcite & limonite
after marcasite in quartz/chalcedony geode
horizontal field of view = 2 cm


Limonite after marcasite
in quartz/chalcedony geode
horizontal field of view = 1.5 cm

Sphalerite, limonite after marcasite,
malachite & dolomite in quartz/chalcedony geode
horizontal field of view = 4 cm


Dolomite, malachite &
sphalerite in quartz/chalcedony geode
10 cm wide

Dolomite, malachite &
sphalerite in quartz/chalcedony geode
horizontal field of view = 2 cm


Dolomite, malachite &
sphalerite in quartz/chalcedony geode
horizontal field of view = 2 cm


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