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Realgar on Calcite from Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China

 
Realgar on Calcite from Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China

Realgar on Calcite from Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China

Realgar on Calcite from Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China

Realgar on Calcite from Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China

Realgar on Calcite from Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 65151
Mineral:Realgar on Calcite
Locality:Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 70 mm with select faces coated with transparent red realgar crystals to 12 mm intermixed with a second generation of smaller calcite crystals to 1 mm. Ex. D. Miller collection #M2303
Overall Size:6.5x6.5x4 cm
Crystals:0.5-70.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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