Calcite
specimen number:
4521124
location:
Beckermet mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK
description:
Prismatic colorless to reddish-brown lustrous terminated crystals of calcite to 3.0 cm in height coming off matrix. The specimen is in very good condition as seen. The specimen exhibits interesting phantom crystals. This comes from an area in the mine known as the banana slide. Previously in the collection of David and Elizabeth Hacker with labels.
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