Calcite
specimen number:
3921153
location:
Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA
description:
This is an enormous crystal for this locality, colorless slightly translucent scalenohedral crystals 7.3 cm in height coming off matrix. Slight cleaving present. I personally have never seen such large crystals from this noted locality from the 1960s.
Size: 11.0 x 10.5 x 5.8 cm (cabinet)
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