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Calcite (twinned crystals) on Calcite from Taff's Well Quarry, 9 km northwest of Cardiff, Pentyrch, MidGlamorgan, Wales

 
Calcite (twinned crystals) on Calcite from Taff's Well Quarry, 9 km northwest of Cardiff, Pentyrch, MidGlamorgan, Wales

Calcite (twinned crystals) on Calcite from Taff's Well Quarry, 9 km northwest of Cardiff, Pentyrch, MidGlamorgan, Wales

Calcite (twinned crystals) on Calcite from Taff's Well Quarry, 9 km northwest of Cardiff, Pentyrch, MidGlamorgan, Wales

Calcite (twinned crystals) on Calcite from Taff's Well Quarry, 9 km northwest of Cardiff, Pentyrch, MidGlamorgan, Wales

Calcite (twinned crystals) on Calcite from Taff's Well Quarry, 9 km northwest of Cardiff, Pentyrch, MidGlamorgan, Wales

Calcite (twinned crystals) on Calcite from Taff's Well Quarry, 9 km northwest of Cardiff, Pentyrch, MidGlamorgan, Wales

Calcite (twinned crystals) on Calcite from Taff's Well Quarry, 9 km northwest of Cardiff, Pentyrch, MidGlamorgan, Wales

DESCRIPTION:No. 76557
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals) on Calcite
Locality:Taff's Well Quarry, 9 km northwest of Cardiff, Pentyrch, MidGlamorgan, Wales
Description:Twinned translucent brown scalenohedral calcite crystals surrounded by smaller rhombohedral calcite crystals to 12 mm. The twinned calcite crystals have prominent twin plane visible through the center and surfaces of parallel rhombohedral crystal faces. Collected ca. 1998
Overall Size:8.5x7.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:5-42 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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