| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Calcite on Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72978 |
| Mineral: | Calcite on Calcite |
| Locality: | De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China |
| Description: | Two generations of calcite crystals with different habits: first a 40 mm scalenohedral calcite crystal formed, then was overgrown brown hematite and later flattened rhombohedral transparent red-brown calcite crystals to 22 mm in epitactic orientation. Collected ca. 2007 |
| Overall Size: | 5.5x3.5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-40 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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