- Title:
- Calcitic Alabaster
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
- Brief description:
- Rhombohedral crystals of calcite ~1.5cm. With fibrous (hence the bag) calcite, which feels soft to the touch. Both forms are reactive with HCl and are white. The crystals of calcite have a hardness of ~3.
- 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; CARBONATES
- Object number:
- GE11954
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c015b8a4-2e43-331f-98fa-a38986a02058
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c015b8a4-2e43-331f-98fa-a38986a02058, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC
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