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Calcite on Galena from Milliken Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

 
Calcite on Galena from Milliken Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

Calcite on Galena from Milliken Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

DESCRIPTION:No. 55120
Mineral:Calcite on Galena
Locality:Milliken Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri
Description:Lustrous doubly-terminated transparent yellow calcite crystals to 50 mm on gray-metallic cubic galena crystals to 4 mm with minor yellow-metallic chalcopyrite. The calcite crystals are hexagonal form with rhombohedral terminations (nail-head habit). Ex. Dr. N. Luppescu
Overall Size:7.5x5.5x5 cm
Crystals:1-50 mm
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