AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Norway > Calcite with phantom-growth zones |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 64668 |
Mineral: | Calcite with phantom-growth zones |
Locality: | Dalen-Kjørholt Mine, Kjørholt, Brevik, Telemark, Norway |
Description: | Two transparent gray calcite crystals with no matrix attached. The calcite crystals are hexagonal prisms with striated pyramidal terminations. Internally scalenohedral phantom-growth zones are visible where an earlier generation was coated with pyrite. Ex. Mort Metersky collection; acquired from P. Lyckberg in 1992 |
Overall Size: | 28x27x17 mm |
Crystals: | 21-28 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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