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Calcite after Gaylussite

Calcite after Gaylussite

at-auction

$ 100

Locality
Bulganak mud volcano field, Bondarenkovo Village area, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia
Minerals
Calcite, Gaylussite
Dimensions
2.7 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Size class
Thumbnail
SID
CT572

Spherical cluster of Calcite crystals that have replaced Gaylussite crystals. Well crystallized all around. Old material from the Chuck Trantham collection, ex. Judy & Chris Cook. The decades old label shows a locality of Kardakan, Kirgizia, USSR.  MINDAT does not show Gaylussite from that locality, and the correct locality was likely unknown at the time.