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Calcite with Ilvaite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

 
Calcite with Ilvaite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite with Ilvaite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite with Ilvaite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite with Ilvaite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 43019
Mineral:Calcite with Ilvaite
Locality:Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:Colorless transparent calcite crystals up to 45 mm across with a few black ilvaite crystals up to 10 mm long around the base. The calcite crystals are flattened hexagonal form with striated faces and fluoresce orange under UV illumination.
Overall Size:7x5x4 cm
Crystals:2-45 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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