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Calcite on Dolomite pseudomorphs after Calcite with Pyrite from Cavnic Mine, Maramures, Romania

 
Calcite on Dolomite pseudomorphs after Calcite with Pyrite from Cavnic Mine, Maramures, Romania

Calcite on Dolomite pseudomorphs after Calcite with Pyrite from Cavnic Mine, Maramures, Romania

Calcite on Dolomite pseudomorphs after Calcite with Pyrite from Cavnic Mine, Maramures, Romania

Calcite on Dolomite pseudomorphs after Calcite with Pyrite from Cavnic Mine, Maramures, Romania

Calcite on Dolomite pseudomorphs after Calcite with Pyrite from Cavnic Mine, Maramures, Romania

DESCRIPTION:No. 76787
Mineral:Calcite on Dolomite pseudomorphs after Calcite with Pyrite
Locality:Cavnic Mine, Maramures, Romania
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless flattened rhombohedral calcite crystals to 17 mm on lustrous translucent white dolomite pseudomorphs after scalenohedral calcite crystals to 20 mm with microscopic parallel crystal faces on the surfaces, plus a few pyrite. Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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