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Calcite on Calcite from Mina Peregrina, Guanajuato, Mexico

 
Calcite on Calcite from Mina Peregrina, Guanajuato, Mexico

Calcite on Calcite from Mina Peregrina, Guanajuato, Mexico

Calcite on Calcite from Mina Peregrina, Guanajuato, Mexico

Calcite on Calcite from Mina Peregrina, Guanajuato, Mexico

Calcite on Calcite from Mina Peregrina, Guanajuato, Mexico

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite on Calcite from Mina Peregrina, Guanajuato, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 61114
Mineral:Calcite on Calcite
Locality:Mina Peregrina, Guanajuato, Mexico
Description:Large rhombohedral pale-pink lustrous calcite crystals to 65 mm on a plate of smaller scalenohedral colorless calcite crystals to 10 mm. The large calcite crystals have depressed faces on one side. The calcite fluoresces orange under SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:14x8x4.5 cm
Crystals:3-65 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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