AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Calcite on Limonite with Rosasite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 65026 |
Mineral: | Calcite on Limonite with Rosasite |
Locality: | Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico |
Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 8 mm on stalactitic brown limonite gossan with blue-green rosasite microcrystals in crevices scattered throughout. The calcite crystals are thin hexagonal (platy) form with shallow beveled edge faces. collected in 2012 |
Overall Size: | 5x4x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 8 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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