- 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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