Calcite - China, Huanggang Mine

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Calcite
SpeciesSize
CalciteExtra large
Comments
Details
ColorsGrey
SizeExtra large
Dimensions17.0 x 16.0 x 11.0 cm
Species
Description
An attractive and aesthetic grouping of stacked lustrous colorless translucent rhombohedral calcite crystals coming off a small amount of matrix. This is complete all around with slight micro-chipping present. Brightly fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet light.
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