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Quartz with Calcite and Muscovite from Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

 
Quartz with Calcite and Muscovite from Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

Quartz with Calcite and Muscovite from Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

Quartz with Calcite and Muscovite from Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

Quartz with Calcite and Muscovite from Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

Quartz with Calcite and Muscovite from Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz with Calcite and Muscovite from Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz with Calcite and Muscovite from Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

DESCRIPTION:No. 80993
Mineral:Quartz with Calcite and Muscovite
Locality:Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 14 mm with scalenohedral translucent colorless calcite crystals to 9 mm and small greenish muscovite mica microcrystals. The calcite crystals fluoresce orange under LW-SW UV illumination. Ex. Miller collection
Overall Size:6.5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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