calcite

TSNB436
Specimen
Latz, C.V.
Exhibit 1. Calcite; 225 mm.
Exhibit 1. Calcite; 225 mm.
Image Credit: Jeff Scovil

Specimen Title

calcite

Associated Minerals

conichalcite-duftite

Principal Mineral

Calcite

Size

Cabinet; 225mm

Provenance

Latz, C.V.

Collection

Geoscience Australia; R28046

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB436

Description

A shard of iron-stained siliceous matrix encrusted with sharp, colourless rhombs of calcite, the largest of which measures 100 mm on the diagonal. A few of the calcite crystals have a subtle orange blush due to inclusions of iron oxides and there is a trace of conichalcite-duftite (visually identified) on the matrix.

The specimen is from the Clement Victor Latz Collection which was donated to the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Geoscience Australia) in 1976.