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Calcite on Calcite from De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China

 
Calcite on Calcite from De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China

Calcite on Calcite from De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China

Calcite on Calcite from De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China

Calcite on Calcite from De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 72978
Mineral:Calcite on Calcite
Locality:De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
Description:Two generations of calcite crystals with different habits: first a 40 mm scalenohedral calcite crystal formed, then was overgrown brown hematite and later flattened rhombohedral transparent red-brown calcite crystals to 22 mm in epitactic orientation. Collected ca. 2007
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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