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Calcite on Calcite from Badlands, South Dakota

 
Calcite on Calcite from Badlands, South Dakota

Calcite on Calcite from Badlands, South Dakota

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite on Calcite from Badlands, South Dakota

DESCRIPTION:No. 36272
Mineral:Calcite on Calcite
Locality:Badlands, South Dakota
Description:Transparent colorless flattened rhombohedral calcite crystals up to 11 mm on an earlier generation of translucent yellow rhombic calcite crystals. The calcite fluoresces under UV illumination. Ex. L.W. Stilwell
Overall Size:6x6x3 cm
Crystals:2-11 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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