Calcite - France Stone Co. Quarry, USA

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Calcite
Mineralogical Record
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Celebrity specimen
Mineralogical RecordSpecial Issue: Self Collected Minerals, page 261
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ColorsWhite, Black
PublicationsMineralogical Record Special Issue: Self Collected Minerals page 261
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Description
Source special issue: self-collected-minerals, PDF page: 261. Label: Calcite with hydrocarbon coating, showing continued growth after the hydrocarbon coating at the pinacoid growth stage, 8.1 cm, from the France Stone Company quarry, Logansport, Indiana; collected circa 1972 by John, Jay and Eric. John Medici photo.

Origin: France Stone Company quarry, Logansport, Indiana

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