| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Indiana > Calcite (contact-twinned crystals) |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72866 |
| Mineral: | Calcite (contact-twinned crystals) |
| Locality: | Anderson Rock Products Quarry, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent yellow calcite crystals on brown matrix. The calcite crystals are stubby hexagonal form with rhombohedral terminations. The calcite crystals exhibit twinning on the {01*8} plane, a formation that this locality is famous for. Ex. Mort Metersky collection, director of International Calcite Collectors Association |
| Overall Size: | 26x20x16 mm |
| Crystals: | 21 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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