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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

Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 74015
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals with remnants of matrix included in the bottom. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral form, with first- and second-order pyramidal faces on the terminations, and fluoresces orange under UV illumination. Ex. Mort Metersky collection, director of International Calcite Collectors Association
Overall Size:5x4x3 cm
Crystals:12-50 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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