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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 42209 |
| Mineral: | Calcite (twinned crystals) |
| Locality: | Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China |
| Description: | Many transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals on all sides of matrix with some crystals colored red-brown due to hematite inclusions with several V-twinned pair of crystals.. The unusual edge notches are naturally crystallized. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #445; acquired in 1998 |
| Overall Size: | 6x3x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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