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Calcite (twinned crystals) from Delta Carbonate Quarry, York, York County, Pennsylvania

 
Calcite (twinned crystals) from Delta Carbonate Quarry, York, York County, Pennsylvania

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Delta Carbonate Quarry, York, York County, Pennsylvania

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Delta Carbonate Quarry, York, York County, Pennsylvania

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Delta Carbonate Quarry, York, York County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 82033
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals)
Locality:Delta Carbonate Quarry, York, York County, Pennsylvania
Description:Translucent calcite crystals colored yellow-brown by limonite coating on a plate of smaller calcite crystals. The calcite crystals are tabular hexagonal form, dominated by shallow rhombohedral termination faces, contact-twinned on the C-axis {001} plane. Ex. Miller collection T2694; ex. Betts #64672; ex. Mort Metersky collection
Overall Size:28x24x21 mm
Crystals:1-25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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