Calcite, 12521


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Description

Small cut and polished section of a carbonate stalactite with layers of white, banded, crystalline calcite that has been cut and polished. The opposite surface exhibits a tan earthy carbonate formation around a central core.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Contributor
Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists