AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Utah > Calcite over Aragonite

Search
 

Online Mineral Museum Archive of Mineral Photographs and Mineral Descriptions from John Betts - Fine Minerals.com and Allminerals.com

   

Calcite over Aragonite from Sioux Ajax Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah

 
Calcite over Aragonite from Sioux Ajax Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah

Calcite over Aragonite from Sioux Ajax Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah

Calcite over Aragonite from Sioux Ajax Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah

Calcite over Aragonite from Sioux Ajax Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite over Aragonite from Sioux Ajax Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah

DESCRIPTION:No. 60446
Mineral:Calcite over Aragonite
Locality:Sioux Ajax Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 8 mm covering all surfaces of translucent brown finger-shaped formation of aragonite. The calcite crystals are hexagonal prisms with scalenohedral termination faces.
Overall Size:5.5x3x3 cm
Crystals:1-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

© AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals All Rights Reserved

The minerals illustrated on this site are presented for reference purposes only. The owner of this site did not collect the minerals and collectors should not assume access is permitted to the property based on inclusion in this museum. Please contact the property owner to obtain legal permission before entering private property. ;