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Calcite and Chabazite from Craig's Quarry, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

 
Calcite and Chabazite from Craig's Quarry, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Calcite and Chabazite from Craig's Quarry, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Calcite and Chabazite from Craig's Quarry, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite and Chabazite from Craig's Quarry, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

DESCRIPTION:No. 57878
Mineral:Calcite and Chabazite
Locality:Craig's Quarry, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Description:Lustrous transparent brown scalenohedral calcite crystals to 7 mm with lustrous transparent rhombohedral chabazite crystals to 1.5 mm that are interpenetrant twinned. The calcite crystals fluoresces white under SW UV illumination. Collected in 2002
Overall Size:5x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-7.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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