| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Calcite (interpenetrant twinned crystals) |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 54581 |
| Mineral: | Calcite (interpenetrant twinned crystals) |
| Locality: | Hilltop Mine, Cochise County, Arizona |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent pale-pink (nearly colorless) rhombohedral calcite crystals covering one face of gray limestone. The larger calcite crystals are twinned on the {0001} plane resulting in many interpenetrant twins. |
| Overall Size: | 11x11x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-14 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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