Calcite, Dickite

Specimen ID: H0Y-7PE

Mineral(s)
Calcite : CaCO3
Dickite : Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
14.5cm x 4.5cm x 3cm
Previous data
Mineral(s)
Acquisition date:
Feb 2018
Collection date:
Jun 1998
Name withheld

Events

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This specimen was collected around June of 1998 a couple of months before the discovery of the Red Phantom Pocket. This was a walk-in pocket in Stope 73C28 bottom; Pillar 4203. Miners had little interest in collecting the specimens, according to Larry Nuelle, who recovered specimens from the pocket. The specimens are interesting because they are more heavily included or replaced by dickite than others I have seen. This particular crystal is probably over 80% dickite and is very light and porous. In the same stope, at least one other pocket was found in Pillar 2145 where the calcites were more typical.
Edward Bayley - 24th February 2018
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