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Calcite from Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada

 
Calcite from Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada

Calcite from Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada

Calcite from Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada

Calcite from Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada

DESCRIPTION:No. 59116
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada
Description:Transparent golden-yellow calcite crystals with three-faced rhombohedral terminations. The calcite formed in banded layers of sequential growth and have gray sulfide microscopic inclusions, probably stibnite or marcasite. Fluorescent under SW UV.
Overall Size:6x5x5 cm
Crystals:4-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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