| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Calcite (C-axis twins) |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 43656 |
| Mineral: | Calcite (C-axis twins) |
| Locality: | Tongguangshan Iron Mine, Daye County, China |
| Description: | Transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals with red hematite inclusions on select faces. All of the calcite crystals appear doubly-terminated but are actually two crystals twinned on the C-axis with twin plane visible in the centers. |
| Overall Size: | 5x4x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 3-25 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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