Calcite

TSNB881
Specimen
Latz, C.V.
Exhibit 1. Calcite; 190 mm.
Exhibit 1. Calcite; 190 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood

Specimen Title

Calcite

Principal Mineral

Calcite

Size

Cabinet; 190mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Provenance

Latz, C.V.

Collection

Geoscience Australia; R28044

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB881

Description

Composite crystals of colourless-white calcite comprising stepped rhombs in parallel growth over a knob of carbonate rock matrix.

The specimen was number 1217 in the collection of Clement Victor Latz which was donated to the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Geoscience Australia) in 1976. There is no record of earlier provenance or location in the mine.