Barstow area, San Bernardino Co., California

3.9 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
1.5 x 1.1 x 0.7 in

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Ex. E. Morales from J. Minnette, Nov. 1983

Two parallel, conjoined, scalenohedral crystals of Calcite that have pseudomorphed to Quartz that arise from a bed of stubby Quartz crystals stained reddish brown with iron oxides/hydroxides. There is a druze of micro crystals of Quartz coating the Calcite crystals. The reddish brown color coats some of the lower portions of the altered Calcite crystals; elsewhere, there is a dark gray to black coating. Near the termination is a patch of white material which is either Chalcedony or Hyaline. This patch slightly fluoresces green under SW.

Condition: Very Good

Flaws: Along the edges of the bottom of the specimen, the Quartz crystals are incomplete.

This mineral is also found in the following galleries: Minerals From California and Nevada | Quartz | Pseudomorphs | Minerals Priced Between 100 and 199 Dollars