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Calcite from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China

 
Calcite from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China

Calcite from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 30871
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China
Description:Transparent crystals of colorless calcite on plate of brown limonite matrix. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral with triangular cross section (3-sided prism). Has excellent internal clarity and highly refractive of light.
Overall Size:6x5x4 cm
Crystals:2-50 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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