Calcite (w. mottramite)

TSNB479
Specimen
Sussman, M.
Exhibit 1. Calcite (w. mottramite); 80 mm.
Exhibit 1. Calcite (w. mottramite); 80 mm.
Image Credit: Mariusz Oleszczuk
Exhibit 2. 35 mm field of view.
Exhibit 2. 35 mm field of view.
Image Credit: Mariusz Oleszczuk
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Specimen Title

Calcite (w. mottramite)

Associated Minerals

mottramite

Principal Mineral

Calcite

Size

Cabinet; 80mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Provenance

Sussman, M.

Collection

Oleszczuk, M.; CL263

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB479

Description

An unusual specimen comprising a coarsely crystalline aggregate of modified rhombs of colourless-white calcite, almost completely encrusting a hollow tube of mottramite (?) which is visible only at the base of the structure (Exhibit 2).

The specimen belonged formerly to Marshall Sussman but the location in the mine is not recorded.