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Calcite (contact twinned crystals) from Thomasville Crushed Stone Quarry, Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania

 
Calcite (contact twinned crystals) from Thomasville Crushed Stone Quarry, Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania

Calcite (contact twinned crystals) from Thomasville Crushed Stone Quarry, Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania

Calcite (contact twinned crystals) from Thomasville Crushed Stone Quarry, Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania

Calcite (contact twinned crystals) from Thomasville Crushed Stone Quarry, Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 81739
Mineral:Calcite (contact twinned crystals)
Locality:Thomasville Crushed Stone Quarry, Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania
Description:Lustrous transparent yellow calcite crystals on a fragment of tan-colored matrix. The calcite crystals are contact twins with twin plane visible running through the center. The yellow color is not a surface coating, but runs throughout the calcite. Ex. Miller collection T2692; ex. Betts #64648; ex. Mort Metersky collection; originally acquired in 1994
Overall Size:30x30x25 mm
Crystals:30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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