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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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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. 77169
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:road construction, Route 360 at Bee Cave Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas
Description:Transparent pale-yellow scalenohedral calcite crystal on crystallized calcite matrix. The calcite crystal fluoresces white under longwave UV illumination. Originally acquired in November 1993
Overall Size:21x20x15 mm
Crystals:13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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