| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Quartz epimorph with Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 63324 |
| Mineral: | Quartz epimorph with Calcite |
| Locality: | Mina San Vicente, Guanajuato, Mexico |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 4 mm that crystallized over a 45 mm rhombic crystal that dissolved leaving a mold on the rear where lustrous pale-pink calcite crystals to 20 mm formed. Note the healed crack in the quartz epimorph. Ex. Mort Metersky collection #Si-259, director of International Calcite Collectors Association; originally acquired in 2001 |
| Overall Size: | 6.5x5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-20 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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