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Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain

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Calcite (Var: Cobaltoan Calcite) : (Ca,Co)CO3

Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain

Massive cobaltoan calcite on conglomerate matrix, 5 cm. David Soler specimen and photo
 © David SolerPhoto ID: 16872    View Count: 381

Calcite (Var: Cobaltoan Calcite) : (Ca,Co)CO3

Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain

Botrioidal growth of deep purple-red color.

Size, 2,9 x 3,0 x 1,4
 © CCURTO08Photo ID: 190929    View Count: 65

Multiple photos availableCalcite (Var: Cobaltoan Calcite) : (Ca,Co)CO3

Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain

7.0 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm. Vivid pink to purple, translucent, botyroidal cobaltoan calcite encrusts poorly sorted conglomerate matrix on this striking and pretty old-time specimen from a long-closed Spanish locale - the Solita Mine in Catalonia. Rare and seldom available. Ex. Dennis Mullane Collection and comes with an old faded label.
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 267192    View Count: 4

Gypsum : Ca[SO4] · 2H2O, Erythrite : Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O

Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain

Specimen measure 150 mm x 100 mm.Deposit finely crystallized of very small crystals of gypsum. these gypsum crystals are colored by the erythrite.harvested on the site in 1979.Photograph and collection jm.CLAUDE


 © jm.CLAUDEPhoto ID: 198238    View Count: 48
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