AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Nevada > Calcite with Butterfly-Twin crystals |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 12383 |
Mineral: | Calcite with Butterfly-Twin crystals |
Locality: | Devil's Corral, near Black Rock Desert, Humboldt County, Nevada |
Description: | Cluster of translucent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 5 cm long with a 4 cm butterfly-twin crystal on one side. This specimen has the largest crystals, color and luster of all the specimens I have, but the twin is asymmetric. |
Overall Size: | 5x4x4 cm |
Crystals: | 1-5 cm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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