| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pennsylvania > Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 63267 |
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | Showalter Quarry, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals covering one face of a thin plate. The calcite crystals are compound scalenohedral crystals overgrown with parallel rhombohedrons. Note the rear label incorrectly identifies the crystals as dolomite. Ex. Mort Metersky collection #Ca-99, director of International Calcite Collectors Association, originally acquired in 1959 |
| Overall Size: | 9.5x5.5x1.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-10 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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