- Title:
- Calcite Stalactites
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATE
- Brief description:
- Two conjoined stalactites of Calcite. Calcite is yellow-brown, transleucent-opaque, has a vitreous lustre, reacts with HCl and crystals are an/subhedral. Stalactites have a concentric internal structures with calcite crystals radiating from a central poin
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATE
- Object number:
- GE12235
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/33509bca-10e9-3598-a37a-869563cd2145, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC
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