Mineral: Calcite after Ikaite
Locality: Bol’shaya Balakhnya River, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Dimensions: 10 x 9 x 7 cm

Description: Reka Bol'shaya Balakhnya, Taymyrskiy poluostrov, Krasnoyarskiy kray, Russia Mass: 315 g MIM number: 2244 Sharp pseudomorph of a starburst-like cluster of the rare mineral ikaite having been replaced by beige calcite. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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