AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Calcite with twinned crystals |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 30875 |
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: | 9x6x5 cm |
Crystals: | 3-45 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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