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Calcite on Sandstone
Lower level
Dexter Creek
collected by Robert Stoufer 1997
Mine: Black Silver mine
County: Paquin mining district
Location: Paquin mining district
Dimensions: 90 x 50 x 57mm [3 1/2 x 2 x 2 1/4"]
Mineral: Calcite
Showy specimen for this mine with "bow-tie" clusters of whitish scalenohedral calcite crystals on a matrix of buff-colored sandstone. The sandstone is partially coated with a fine druse of calcite. The calcite fluoresces orange-red under short wave light. Reference #SM345.
Price: $75.00 Add to Cart
