Mineral: Calcite
Locality: Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Dimensions: 6.0 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm

Description: A pagoda-shaped cluster of stacked pale yellow to gray flattened low-angle rhombic calcite crystals. There are phantoms visible where the rhombic crystals have overgrown pale pink scalenohedral calcite. Ex. Rock Currier Collection #8470, acquired in 2012.

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