| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bulgaria > Calcite with Quartz overgrowth |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 80175 |
| Mineral: | Calcite with Quartz overgrowth |
| Locality: | Droujba Mine, Laki (Luki), Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria |
| Description: | Sparkling cluster of elongated scalenohedral calcite crystals to 45 mm overgrown with lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 1 mm. A few calcite terminations are incomplete revealing the calcite core and the thin quartz layer. Ex. Jack Troy (1930-2016) collection #W60, originally acquired ca. 1990 |
| Overall Size: | 9x7x7 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-45 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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