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Calcite (butterfly-habit twinned crystals) from Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 65166
Mineral:	Calcite (butterfly-habit twinned crystals)
Locality:	Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
Description:	Many lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals on brown matrix. Many of the calcite crystals are twinned along the {1011} plane resulting in the habit frequently labeled as Butterfly-Twins, but some calcite crystals are scalenohedral form. Ex. D. Miller collection #M029
Overall Size:	11x8.5x6 cm
Crystals:	2-18 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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