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| Description | |
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| Comments: | A common mineral throughout the mine, forming crystals to 3 cms in diameter displaying major shallow pyramid faces with minor development of the prism faces. Commonly forming crystals richly scattered over an ankerite matrix. An area near the Bogg Shaft, from a brecciated area has in the past furnished cabinet size specimens of typical calcite crystals to 2.5cm dia. |
| Colour: | Translucent white to colourless |
| Quality of samples: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Rarity at site: | Common |
| Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| References | |
| References: | Collected by many collectors over many years . |
| Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK |
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