Mineral: Calcite
Locality: Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Dimensions: 1.6 x 1.7 cm

Description: This location is well-known for producing a wide variety of calcite forms. This piece features a transparent hexagonal crystal with a low-angled frosted rhomb termination perched on a first generation scalenohedral calcite with a basal ring of calcites attached to each face of the scalenohedron.

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