| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Calcite with Hematite inclusions |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 69448 |
| Mineral: | Calcite with Hematite inclusions |
| Locality: | Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China |
| Description: | Lustrous translucent-to-transparent red-brown calcite crystals on brown matrix. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral form with triangular cross-section (3-sided). The red color of the calcite crystals is caused by microscopic hematite inclusions. |
| Overall Size: | 3.5x3x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 9 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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