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Calcite from Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

 
Calcite from Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 57994
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:Lustrous translucent-to-transparent scalenohedral calcite crystals in parallel orientation standing upright off gray crystallized calcite that is coated with a brown clay. The calcite crystals fluoresce red-orange under SW UV illumination. Ex. Wilfred Wil J. Talbot (1931-2019)
Overall Size:7x5x5 cm
Crystals:1-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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