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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

DESCRIPTION:No. 82828
Mineral:Calcite with Palygorskite
Locality:Pend Oreille Mine, Metalline Falls, Pend Oreille County, Washington
Description:Several interconnected lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals with remnants of fibrous palygorskite on one end. The calcite crystals are flattened hexagonal form dominated by three-faced shallow pyramidal terminations. Ex. Miller collection; ex. Betts #78503. Collected ca. 1962
Overall Size:25x16x10 mm
Crystals:3-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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