Calcite (on mottramite)

TSNB962
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Calcite (on mottramite); 29 mm.
Exhibit 1. Calcite (on mottramite); 29 mm.
Image Credit: Sharon Cisneros

Specimen Title

Calcite (on mottramite)

Associated Minerals

mottramite

Principal Mineral

Calcite

Size

Thumbnail; 29mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Collection

Cisneros, S. & E.

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB962

Description

A single, complete, complex crystal of colourless, transparent calcite, overgrowing a dendritic aggregate of dark olive-green mottramite. The calcite crystal is intensely striated and exhibits stepped growth.

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