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Title:
Calcite Stalactite
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:
Stalactite of Calcite. Calcite is white, transleucent, has a pearly lustre, reacts with HCl and crystals are an/subhedral. Crystal boundaries are visible but crystals have no discernable shape. Crystals grade in size from mm to cm scale.
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:
GE12263
Object production date:
Date - latest:
1849
Responsible department/section:
GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/376a02f2-2a16-3481-9807-1ca5900c9824

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/376a02f2-2a16-3481-9807-1ca5900c9824, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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