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Calcite, Siderite
Billy Creek
collected by Robert Stoufer 1980s
Mine:
County: Billy Creek Wildlife area
Location: Billy Creek Wildlife area
Dimensions: 57 x 43 x 35 mm [2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4"]
Mineral: Calcite
Nice specimen with two stages of calcite growth, an earlier small rhombohedral crystal stage, and a later stage with larger scalenohedrons with rhombohedral terminations, with an orange/tan microcrystalline crust of siderite over part of the calcite. Found within large septarian nodule in the Cretaceous Mancos shale. Reference #SM213.
Price: $40.00 Add to Cart
