AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Calcite (Double Twin Crystals) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 19960 |
Mineral: | Calcite (Double Twin Crystals) |
Locality: | Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Description: | Superb specimen of two generations of calcite, both twinned. The first generation are 6 cm chocolate-brown, twinned crystals. Overgrown, and epitaxially oriented, is translucent yellow calcite twinned along exactly the same twin plane - VERY RARE. |
Overall Size: | 8x7x6 cm |
Crystals: | 6 cm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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