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Calcite with Jamesonite inclusions from Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

 
Calcite with Jamesonite inclusions from Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Calcite with Jamesonite inclusions from Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

DESCRIPTION:No. 60420
Mineral:Calcite with Jamesonite inclusions
Locality:Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 8 mm with gray-metallic hair-like jamesonite microcrystal inclusions. The calcite crystals are in twisted groups of subparallel hexagonal prismatic crystals with rhombohedral termination faces.
Overall Size:7.5x6x2 cm
Crystals:4-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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