Siderite on Calcite
South of Montrose
Government Springs Road
collected by Robert Stoufer 1990s
Mine:
County: Septarian Ridge
Location: Septarian Ridge
Dimensions: 68 x 55 x 36mm [2 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/4"]
Mineral: Siderite
Interesting specimen with balls and crusts formed of adjacent balls of micro light orange siderite crystals, preferentially coating clear to white rhombohedral calcite crystals, with a second generation of calcite growth as scalenohedrons. Found within a large septarian nodule in the Cretaceous Mancos shale. Reference #SM260.
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