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Calcite with Dolomite Coating from Droujba Mine, Laki, Rhodope Mountains, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria

 
Calcite with Dolomite Coating from Droujba Mine, Laki, Rhodope Mountains, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria

Calcite with Dolomite Coating from Droujba Mine, Laki, Rhodope Mountains, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with Dolomite Coating from Droujba Mine, Laki, Rhodope Mountains, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria

DESCRIPTION:No. 54952
Mineral:Calcite with Dolomite Coating
Locality:Droujba Mine, Laki, Rhodope Mountains, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
Description:Doubly-terminated scalenohedral translucent colorless calcite crystals to 46 mm with thin coating of creme-colored dolomite microcrystals. The calcite fluoresces orange under UV illumination on the uncoated surfaces.
Overall Size:4.5x3x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 46 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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