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Calcite with Palygorskite from Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington

 
Calcite with Palygorskite from Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington

Calcite with Palygorskite from Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington

Calcite with Palygorskite from Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington

Calcite with Palygorskite from Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington

Calcite with Palygorskite from Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington

Calcite with Palygorskite from Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington

Calcite with Palygorskite from Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington

Calcite with Palygorskite from Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington

DESCRIPTION:No. 80336
Mineral:Calcite with Palygorskite
Locality:Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington
Description:Many interconnected lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals with remnants of fibrous palygorskite in areas. The calcite crystals are flattened hexagonal form dominated by three-faced shallow pyramidal terminations. Fully crystallized on all sides Ex. Joseph Funke Collection; collected ca. 1962
Overall Size:5.5x5x4 cm
Crystals:2-41 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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