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Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

 
Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 65125
Mineral:Calcite with minor Sphalerite
Locality:Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
Description:Large plate of lustrous translucent pale-pink (nearly colorless) scalenohedral calcite crystals to 62 mm with a few scattered translucent dark-brown sphalerite crystals to 3 mm. The calcite crystals fluoresce orange under SW UV illumination. Ex. D. Miller collection #M2019
Overall Size:16.5x11x5 cm
Crystals:1-62 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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