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Calcite with hydrocarbon inclusions from Abbeytown Quarry, Ballysadare, County Sligo, Ireland

 
Calcite with hydrocarbon inclusions from Abbeytown Quarry, Ballysadare, County Sligo, Ireland

Calcite with hydrocarbon inclusions from Abbeytown Quarry, Ballysadare, County Sligo, Ireland

DESCRIPTION:No. 60468
Mineral:Calcite with hydrocarbon inclusions
Locality:Abbeytown Quarry, Ballysadare, County Sligo, Ireland
Description:Lustrous transparent yellow-gray scalenohedral calcite crystals to 15 mm with microscopic gray inclusions in the surfaces. Collected in March 2002
Overall Size:6.5x5.5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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