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Calcite from Hampstead Farm Quarry, 17 km northeast of Bristol, Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England

 
Calcite from Hampstead Farm Quarry, 17 km northeast of Bristol, Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England

Calcite from Hampstead Farm Quarry, 17 km northeast of Bristol, Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England

Calcite from Hampstead Farm Quarry, 17 km northeast of Bristol, Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England

Calcite from Hampstead Farm Quarry, 17 km northeast of Bristol, Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England

Calcite from Hampstead Farm Quarry, 17 km northeast of Bristol, Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 78278
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Hampstead Farm Quarry, 17 km northeast of Bristol, Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England
Description:Large lustrous pale yellow calcite crystal with remnants of gray matrix on the bottom. The calcite crystal is doubly-terminated, scalenohedral form with two smaller calcite crystals that are twinned to the main calcite crystal on the C-axis. Ex. Breck Kent collection
Overall Size:9x6x4 cm
Crystals:90 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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