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Calcite from Camp Bird Mine, 2 SE Stope, 21 Level, Ouray County, Colorado

 
Calcite from Camp Bird Mine, 2 SE Stope, 21 Level, Ouray County, Colorado

Calcite from Camp Bird Mine, 2 SE Stope, 21 Level, Ouray County, Colorado

Calcite from Camp Bird Mine, 2 SE Stope, 21 Level, Ouray County, Colorado

Calcite from Camp Bird Mine, 2 SE Stope, 21 Level, Ouray County, Colorado

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Camp Bird Mine, 2 SE Stope, 21 Level, Ouray County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 70214
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Camp Bird Mine, 2 SE Stope, 21 Level, Ouray County, Colorado
Description:Complex cluster of many translucent white calcite crystals covering front and rear of twisted matrix plates. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral form, with waxy surface luster, and fluoresce orange under SW UV illumination. Collected in the 1970s by Bill Hatch
Overall Size:10.5x7.5x6.5 cm
Crystals:1-22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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