AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Calcite pseudomorphs after Glauberite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 78149 |
Mineral: | Calcite pseudomorphs after Glauberite |
Locality: | Camp Verde Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona |
Description: | Cluster of tan-colored calcite pseudomorphs after glauberite crystals to 50 mm. Glauberite crystals formed first, then altered molecule by molecule to calcite, maintaining the original shape of the glauberite crystals. (pseudomorph = false form) Collected ca. 1995 |
Overall Size: | 5x2.5x2 cm |
Crystals: | 7-50 mm pseudos |
Archived: | For reference only |
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