| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Quartz pseudomorphs after Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 65311 |
| Mineral: | Quartz pseudomorphs after Calcite |
| Locality: | Faywood Mine, Cooks Peak, Luna County, New Mexico |
| Description: | Hollow white quartz pseudomorphs after scalenohedral calcite crystals to 30 mm on quartz. The calcite crystallized first, was overgrown with thin layer of quartz crystals, then the calcite dissolved leaving hollow formations shaped like calcite. Collected in 1995 by B. Huntsman and R. Demark |
| Overall Size: | 7.5x4.5x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 5-30 mm pseudos |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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