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Calcite on Amethyst Quartz from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

 
Calcite on Amethyst Quartz from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Calcite on Amethyst Quartz from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 50597
Mineral:Calcite on Amethyst Quartz
Locality:Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Description:Large translucent yellow-orange scalenohedral doubly-terminated calcite crystals to 80 mm on a plate of lustrous medium-purple amethyst quartz crystals to 22 mm. One quartz crystal on the lower edge is incomplete.
Overall Size:12x13x7 cm
Crystals:10-80 mm
Status: SOLD Buy similar at: Minerals from Brazil & South America > Calcite Specimens
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