Dolomite

specimen number:
1652783

location:
14 Level, Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England, UK

description:
Colorless lustrous rhombohedral crystals of dolomite measuring to 0.4 cm in size covering most of the top of matrix. In good condition. Nice for the species from this famous locality. On one section of this piece it appears that the dolomite crystals are forming a replacement after a previous platy crystal of what was likely calcite. This is fluorescent deep red under longwave ultraviolet light.

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