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Calcite with Analcime from Gopher Valley Quarry, 16 km southwest of McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 77318
Mineral:	Calcite with Analcime
Locality:	Gopher Valley Quarry, 16 km southwest of McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon
Description:	Large translucent butterscotch-colored rhombohedral calcite crystals to 28 mm with lustrous transparent colorless trapezohedral analcime crystals to 3 mm on the bottom where they were attached. The calcite crystals have white inclusions on two edges. The calcite fluoresces bright white under SW-LW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1995 by Jon Gladwell (Myrddin Emrys Ltd.)
Overall Size:	6.5x5x4.5 cm
Crystals:	1-28 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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