Quartz after Calcite with Fluorite
specimen number:
1252640
location:
Black Knife mine, Iron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
description:
What were once scalenohedral crystals of calcite to 2.0 cm in height, these now replaced by quartz, over the top of a 6.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm matrix. Minor colorless crystallized fluorite present as well. Neat example for this pseudomorph. Shipping weight: 0.14 pounds.
Size: 6.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm (small-cabinet)
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