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Calcite (twinned crystals) from Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

 
Calcite (twinned crystals) from Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite (twinned crystals) from Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

DESCRIPTION:No. 71824
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals)
Locality:Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
Description:Lustrous transparent pale-yellow calcite crystals in parallel orientation fully crystallized on all faces with no apparent attachment point. The calcite crystals are twinned resulting in mirror-image pairs of crystals.
Overall Size:4x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:2-35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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