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Calcite from Portland Mine, Mohave County, Arizona

 
Calcite from Portland Mine, Mohave County, Arizona

Calcite from Portland Mine, Mohave County, Arizona

Calcite from Portland Mine, Mohave County, Arizona

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Portland Mine, Mohave County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 61491
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Portland Mine, Mohave County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals covering one face of brown matrix. The calcite crystals are prismatic hexagonal form with flat basal pinacoid terminations modified by first- and second-order pyramidal edge faces.
Overall Size:7.5x7x4 cm
Crystals:3-17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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