Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
Calcite
Associated Minerals
hematite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 115mm
Location in the Mine
Undetermined
Provenance
Latz, C.V.
Collection
Geoscience Australia; R28148
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB930
Description
Intergrown rhombs of colourless gemmy calcite, locally tinted reddish-brown by inclusions of hematite. There is a small amount of iron-stained matrix on the reverse side of the specimen.
The specimen is from 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 of location in the mine.
