Calcite, 8678


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Description

Large cleavage block of colorless, transparent rhombohedral calcite with strong internal fracturing. Double refraction is strong, though not easily seen due to internal fracturing.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Contributor
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Rossie, Saint Lawrence County, New York, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists