Calcite with Hematite
specimen number:
1711064
location:
Daye Copper mine, Hubei, China
description:
An attractive lustrous slightly translucent red scalenohedral crystal of calcite with little attached matrix on the base. Slight cleaving present as seen. The attractive red color is due to the presence of hematite. Brightly fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet light.
Size: 6.0 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm (small-cabinet)
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