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Calcite with Hematite inclusions from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China

 
Calcite with Hematite inclusions from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China

Calcite with Hematite inclusions from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China

Calcite with Hematite inclusions from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 41936
Mineral:Calcite with Hematite inclusions
Locality:Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China
Description:Mounted cluster of many transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals on all sides of matrix with some crystals colored red-brown due to hematite inclusions. All calcite crystals have excellent luster and internal transparency. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #518; acquired in 1998
Overall Size:8x4.5x4 cm
Crystals:3-50 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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