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Calcite from road construction, Route 360 at Bee Cave Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas

 
Calcite from road construction, Route 360 at Bee Cave Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Calcite from road construction, Route 360 at Bee Cave Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Calcite from road construction, Route 360 at Bee Cave Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Calcite from road construction, Route 360 at Bee Cave Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from road construction, Route 360 at Bee Cave Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas

DESCRIPTION:No. 76825
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:road construction, Route 360 at Bee Cave Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas
Description:Transparent colorless calcite crystals with remnants of gray limestone on the bottom. The calcite crystals are short prisms, with three-faced rhombohedral terminations, and fluoresce white under SW UV and pink under LW UV, and phosphoresce in dark. Originally acquired in November 1993
Overall Size:33x23x10 mm
Crystals:2-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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