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Quartz with phantom and Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

 
Quartz with phantom and Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Quartz with phantom and Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Quartz with phantom and Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz with phantom and Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 49503
Mineral:Quartz with phantom and Calcite
Locality:Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:Lustrous 18 mm di-pyramidal (often mistakenly labeled Beta-Quartz) transparent quartz crystal with an internal phantom quartz crystal visible inside, plus lustrous scalenohedral colorless transparent calcite crystals to 12 mm that fluoresce under UV.
Overall Size:7x5x4 cm
Crystals:3-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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