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Calcite with twinned crystals from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China

 
Calcite with twinned crystals from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China

Calcite with twinned crystals from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 30874
Mineral:Calcite with twinned crystals
Locality:Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China
Description:Transparent crystals of colorless calcite on plate of brown limonite matrix. Several crystals show {10*4) twinning at near-right angles. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral with triangular cross section (3-sided prism).
Overall Size:8x7x5 cm
Crystals:2-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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