| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Wisconsin > Calcite on Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 90139 |
| Mineral: | Calcite on Calcite |
| Locality: | Shullsburg District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-translucent 8 cm scalenohedral colorless calcite crystal with a with a 4 cm rhombohedral calcite crystal in epitaxial orientation on the termination. The surfaces of the scalenohedron are composed of small parallel rhombic faces. Ex. Paul Seel (1904-1982) collection #956; the mineral Seelite was named in his honor. |
| Overall Size: | 8x5.5x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-80 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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