AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Calcite with Mimetite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 56790 |
Mineral: | Calcite with Mimetite |
Locality: | Mina el Potosí, Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Description: | Lustrous translucent calcite crystals to 24 mm on brown limonite gossan with transparent yellow mimetite crystals to 3 mm. The calcite crystals are rhombohedral form with negative rhombohedron corner faces and are white with brown zones on select faces. |
Overall Size: | 10x6x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-24 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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