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Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

 
Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 59157
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:Two interconnected parallel colorless calcite crystals with lustrous crystal faces. The calcite crystals are transparent and have a flattened rhombic cross-section terminated with shallow rhombohedral faces. The calcite fluoresces orange under SW UV. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:6x5x2 cm
Crystals:40-45 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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