AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Quartz pseudomorphs after Calcite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 5591 |
Mineral: | Quartz pseudomorphs after Calcite |
Locality: | Faywood Mine, Jose District, Cooks Peak, Luna County, New Mexico |
Description: | An excellent cluster of pseudomorphs of white quartz crystals after scalenohedral calcite crystals. One of the calcite crystals was twinned. Calcite has partially dissolved away leaving this delicate formation. Very well defined pseudomorphs. |
Overall Size: | 18x12x3 cm |
Crystals: | 5-15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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