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/ Calcite and quartz, Cambokeels Mine, Weardale
Calcite and quartz, Cambokeels Mine, Weardale
Large hexagonal prismatic crystals of calcite with nailhead terminations on a matrix of quartz on altered limestone and with minor encrustations of pyrite. Part of the Friends of Killhope mineral collection on loan to the museum.