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Calcite : CaCO3

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Locality: Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
5.8 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm. An EXCELLENT, PRISTINE, FLOATER cluster of golden-amber calcite scalenohedrons with well-defined phantoms from the famous mercury mines of Terlingua, Texas. The 5.0 cm, DT crystal is particularly striking. Specimens of this quality and size were never common. The mercury mines operated from 1850 to the 1940s. Ex. George Elling Collection.


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