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Calcite (unusual crystal habit) from Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 79416
Mineral:	Calcite (unusual crystal habit)
Locality:	Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:	Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystal with no attached matrix. The calcite is an unusual elongated six-sided prism, with scalenohedral termination on one end. The calcite fluoresces orange under UV illumination. Ex. D. Swenson collection
Overall Size:	57x6x5 mm
Crystals:	57 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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