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Calcite over Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

 
Calcite over Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Calcite over Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Calcite over Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Calcite over Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Calcite over Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Calcite over Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Calcite over Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 81108
Mineral:Calcite over Malachite
Locality:Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless flattened rhombohedral calcite crystals to 10 mm overgrown on fibrous green malachite crystals to 1 mm on brown limonite gossan. The green color of the malachite is visible through the colorless calcite crystals. Ex. Miller #M705; collected ca. 1970
Overall Size:5.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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