Calcite
specimen number:
1653911
location:
Wet Grooves Mine, Aysgarth, Yorkshire, England, UK
description:
An excellent example for the species from this locality, colorless double terminated crystals of lustrous white calcite to 8.5 cm in size set aesthetically on matrix. Small crystals of fluorite and siderite are present upon the matrix. The calcite crystals are fluorescent red under longwave ultraviolet light. This is in really good condition.
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