Calcite with Copper
specimen number:
8602199
location:
La Bufa mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
description:
Classic Mexican specimen with glassy gemmy colorless crystals of scalenohedral calcite measuring to 2.0 cm in size on a matrix of crystallized native copper. Some cleaving present as seen. Nice larger example for these, we normally see them only in very small specimens.
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