Calcite
specimen number:
1831023
location:
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
description:
A large matrix plate scattered with rhombohedral colorless crystals of calcite to 3.0 cm in size. Nice old time piece for this famous locality. The calcite crystals are brightly fluorescent red under longwave ultraviolet light. This is in very good condition.
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