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Calcite from Xianghualing-Xianghuapu Mines, Hunan, China

 
Calcite from Xianghualing-Xianghuapu Mines, Hunan, China

Calcite from Xianghualing-Xianghuapu Mines, Hunan, China

Calcite from Xianghualing-Xianghuapu Mines, Hunan, China

Calcite from Xianghualing-Xianghuapu Mines, Hunan, China

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Xianghualing-Xianghuapu Mines, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 60132
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Xianghualing-Xianghuapu Mines, Hunan, China
Description:Large cluster of colorless translucent calcite crystals with striated crystal faces on remnants of gray matrix. The calcite crystals are flattened rhombohedral form and fluoresce orange under strong SW UV illumination. One crystal is cleaved.
Overall Size:12x9x8 cm
Crystals:20-85 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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