Calcite (Var: Glendonite)
Wallaby Gully, Quarrobolong, Northumberland Co., New South Wales, Australia
4.4 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm. A showy and uncommon pseudomorph from this obscure Australian locale. This floater calcite has pseudomorphed a floater, sculptural stellate spray of laminated ikaite scalenohedrons. This calcite varietal is called glendonite. These specimens start out as ikaite which is calcium carbonate (calcite), but with a handful of water ...
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