Calcite (on mottramite)

TSNB961
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Calcite (on mottramite); 32 mm.
Exhibit 1. Calcite (on mottramite); 32 mm.
Image Credit: Sharon Cisneros

Specimen Title

Calcite (on mottramite)

Associated Minerals

mottramite

Principal Mineral

Calcite

Size

Miniature; 32mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Collection

Cisneros, S. & E.

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB961

Description

Sharp, colourless, rhombohedral calcite crystals on a matrix comprising dark olive-green dendrites of botryoidal mottramite. The calcite fluoresces bright pink under short wavelength ultraviolet radiation.

The specimen is in the collection of Sharon and Eugene Cisneros.