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Calcite and Limonite on Quartz from Geevor Mine, Coronation Lode, Trewallard, Cornwall, England

 
Calcite and Limonite on Quartz from Geevor Mine, Coronation Lode, Trewallard, Cornwall, England

Calcite and Limonite on Quartz from Geevor Mine, Coronation Lode, Trewallard, Cornwall, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 41617
Mineral:Calcite and Limonite on Quartz
Locality:Geevor Mine, Coronation Lode, Trewallard, Cornwall, England
Description:Quartz crystals up to 60 mm long coated with red-brown limonite with late-stage overgrowth of translucent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals up to 4 mm in aggregates of parallel crystals.
Overall Size:6x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-60 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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