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Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

 
Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 73881
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals with gray matrix on the bottom. The calcite crystals are hexagonal prismatic form with rhombohedral terminations, and have scattered bronze-colored metallic inclusions (pyrrhotite?) on the surfaces. Ex. Mort Metersky collection #1255, director of International Calcite Collectors Association
Overall Size:4x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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