Fluorite replacing Calcite
specimen number:
4272030
location:
Carmen mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
description:
Scalenohedral crystals of calcite, and what were calcite, measuring to 1.0 cm in size across this matrix on both sides. Micro crystallized purple fluorite replacing partly, and in some places completely, the calcite crystals.
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