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Calcite from Tenecape, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada

 
Calcite from Tenecape, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Calcite from Tenecape, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Calcite from Tenecape, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Tenecape, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada

DESCRIPTION:No. 47087
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Tenecape, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Description:Transparent yellow-to-colorless calcite crystals with tapered 12-sided prismatic form and rhombic termination faces. A few of the smaller calcite crystals are twinned on the C-axis. The calcite fluoresces under UV illumination. Collected in 2001 by Ronnie Van Dommelen
Overall Size:5.5x3x3 cm
Crystals:1-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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