Mineral: Calcite
Locality: Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden District, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom
Dimensions: 100 mm x 55 mm x 50 mm

Description: Galena crystals almost completely encrusted by a mass of six sided calcite prisms which are terminated by low rhombohedra. There are a few small white baryte crystals with a scattering of tiny galena crystals also present on the specimen.

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