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Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

 
Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 57523
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:Single translucent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystal with surfaces composed of many smaller rhombohedral crystal faces in parallel orientation. The calcite fluoresces orange under SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:7x5x5 cm
Crystals:75 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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