Mineral: Calcite
Locality: Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Dimensions: 14,0 x 9,0 x 6,0 cm
Description: Main crystal size: 9,7 cm
Intact, clear, colorless complex crystal with another white calcite crystal in the form of a handle penetrating the former; the colorless crystal becomes pink-orange under ultraviolet radiation
MIM number 864
Photographer: James Elliott (FMI)
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