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Calcite from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

 
Calcite from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 51637
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:Lustrous tabular hexagonal transparent colorless calcite crystals to 30 mm in a group of stacked parallel crystals with minor dark metallic hematite crystals included in the bottom. The prism faces are lustrous, the termination faces are textured. Ex. Larry Krause (1945-2010) collection
Overall Size:30x28x22 mm
Crystals:1-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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