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Calcite from Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

 
Calcite from Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

Calcite from Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

DESCRIPTION:No. 49368
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri
Description:Transparent yellow calcite crystal on a small fragment of matrix with minor galena and pyrite. The calcite crystal is prismatic hexagonal form with rhombohedral termination faces, sometimes called nailhead-habit.
Overall Size:5x3.5x2 cm
Crystals:44 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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