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Title:
Calcite and Fluorite
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:
Transparent scalenohedral crystals of calcite ~2cm, set on a massive block of fluorite showing cubic crystal system and a deep purple colour. Penetration twinning within the fluorite is common as is twinning within the calcite crystal.
Collection:
University of St Andrews
Inscription content:
106
Object name:
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
Object number:
GE11972
Responsible department/section:
GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d7088893-b009-3e65-81fc-99278cae95f3

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d7088893-b009-3e65-81fc-99278cae95f3, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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