| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Russia > Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 21320 |
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia |
| Description: | Large crystals of colorless calcite (up to 6.5 cm across!) on matrix. The crystals are a flattened, rhombic form (discus-shaped) and are translucent. Very clean with few imperfections. This quality is difficult to obtain in post-Communist Russia. Ex. P. Santillo |
| Overall Size: | 9x7x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 10-65 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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