AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Russia > Calcite on Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 54476 |
Mineral: | Calcite on Calcite |
Locality: | Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia |
Description: | Two generations of calcite: the first are elongated aggregates to 22 mm long of translucent white calcite, with later growth of flattened rhombohedral translucent colorless calcite crystals to 4 mm. The calcite fluoresces under UV illumination. |
Overall Size: | 5x3.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-20 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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