- Title:
- Calcite Point
- 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:
- Prismatic point of calcite, composed of multiple scalenohedral crystals. Calcite is champagne- yellow in colour, has a resinous lustre, is soft (~3), reacts with HCl, and is transleucent. Crystal faces are striated and well developed rhombohedral cleavage
- 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:
- GE12243
- 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/801f8414-d1d4-3bbd-8fca-9a224b298986
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/801f8414-d1d4-3bbd-8fca-9a224b298986, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC
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