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specimen
Barite, Calcite
Mineralogical Record
Celebrity specimen
Mineralogical RecordVolume: 40, Issue: 6, page 20
Details
ColorsSilver
Origin
USUSAMontanaCotter Basin Mine
PublicationsMineralogical Record Volume: 40, Issue: 6 page 20
Species
Barite
Cal
Calcite
Description
Source volume: 40, issue: 6, PDF page: 20. Label: Figure 6. Calcite crystals on barite, 6.4 cm, from the Greenside mine, Glenridding, Cumbria, England. Obtained by Wm. Jefferis from Bryce Wright in September 1851 (Wright label shown). Debra Wilson photo; Carnegie Museum specimen CM26065.

Origin: Greenside mine, Glenridding, Cumbria, England

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Cotter Basin Mine, Montana, USA