| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Massachusetts > Calcite on Quartz epimorph after Anhydrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 82522 |
| Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz epimorph after Anhydrite |
| Locality: | Lane's Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 12 mm on a 28 mm long pseudomorphic formation after anhydrite of colorless quartz crystals to 3 mm with minor prehnite. The calcite crystals are complex form, with many secondary edge faces. Ex. Miller collection T4000; ex. Betts #79400; ex. D. Swenson collection; collected by Jim Bavosi ca. 1992 |
| Overall Size: | 30x17x15 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-12 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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