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Calcite from Mina La Cuerre, Rionansa, La Florida, Sierra de Arnero, Cantabria, Spain

 
Calcite from Mina La Cuerre, Rionansa, La Florida, Sierra de Arnero, Cantabria, Spain

DESCRIPTION:No. 14369
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Mina La Cuerre, Rionansa, La Florida, Sierra de Arnero, Cantabria, Spain
Description:Two different forms of calcite crystals on one specimen. Colorless scalenohedral crystals up 8 mm with later generation of complex rhombic calcite. See article May-June 2000 Mineralogical Record: What's New in Minerals, Barcelona Show 1999.
Overall Size:5x4x3 cm
Crystals:5-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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