calcite (w. mottramite)

TSNB479

Specimen

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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Title

calcite (w. mottramite)

Principal Mineral

Calcite

Size

Cabinet; 80mm

Collection

Oleszczuk, M. CL263

Provenance

Sussman, M.

Entry Type

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.

Associated Minerals

mottramite