Quartz-after-Calcite
specimen number:
3261032
location:
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
description:
Flattened rhombohedral and of what was once calcite standing up from a thin matrix and replaced by sparkling micro crystals of quartz. A second generation of crystallized quartz to 1.5 cm present around the base. In terrific condition all around.
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