Calcite

Specimen ID: XGU-FTA

Mineral(s)
Calcite : CaCO3
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
170mm x 190mm x 95mm
Events

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stalagmitic calcite"fingers" up to 80 mm - cores and matrix are snow-white, sugar-like calcite whilst the outer surface is completely made of minute brownish calcite needles (see child photo) both dilute HCl- and Meigen-tests clearly demonstrate this specimen to be built completely from calcite - NOT gypsum or aragonite beige fluorescence with UV/LW (Convoy source) collection Raymond Dedeyne (RCD0663 - 04/2002), ex Jan Andries photo and copyright Theo Muller
Raymond Dedeyne - 5th November 2019

Photo added to mindat.org

stalagmitic calcite"fingers" up to 80 mm - cores and matrix are snow-white, sugar-like calcite whilst the outer surface is completely made of minute brownish calcite needles (see child photo) both dilute HCl- and Meigen-tests clearly demonstrate this specimen to be built completely from calcite - NOT gypsum or aragonite beige fluorescence with UV/LW (Convoy source) photo and copyright Theo Muller
Raymond Dedeyne - 5th November 2019
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