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Calcite with Pyrite and Quartz from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 62744
Mineral:	Calcite with Pyrite and Quartz
Locality:	Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
Description:	Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 32 mm with minor transparent colorless quartz crystals to 0.5 mm and microscopic yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 0.2 mm. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral form and fluoresce orange under SW UV.
Overall Size:	6.5x5.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:	micro to 32 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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