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Calcite (contact-twinned) on Calcite with Limonite coating from Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China

 
Calcite (contact-twinned) on Calcite with Limonite coating from Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China

Calcite (contact-twinned) on Calcite with Limonite coating from Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China

Calcite (contact-twinned) on Calcite with Limonite coating from Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China

Calcite (contact-twinned) on Calcite with Limonite coating from Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China

Calcite (contact-twinned) on Calcite with Limonite coating from Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China

Calcite (contact-twinned) on Calcite with Limonite coating from Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 73808
Mineral:Calcite (contact-twinned) on Calcite with Limonite coating
Locality:Daye, Huangshi, Hubei, China
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals over an earlier generation of calcite crystals with yellow limonite coating on select faces. The calcite crystals are tabular hexagonal form with rhombic termination faces and are twinned on {001} plane. Collected ca. 1996
Overall Size:8x5x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 28 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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