Quartz-after-Calcite
specimen number:
3821177
location:
Crystal Cave, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
description:
Sugary snow white sparkling crystallized quartz completely replacing previous scalenohedral crystals of calcite averaging 1.0 cm in size. In super condition, in the video you can see the bottom part how everything is hollowed out in the calcite crystals now completely dissolved away.
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