AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Calcite with Siderite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 39976 |
Mineral: | Calcite with Siderite |
Locality: | Government Springs Road, east of Colona, Montrose County, Colorado |
Description: | Second generation of colorless transparent calcite crystals with small hemispheres of brown siderite overgrown on an earlier generation of translucent brown calcite. The colorless calcite crystals are complex, irregular form with textured crystal faces. |
Overall Size: | 7x6x4 cm |
Crystals: | 1-15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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