Ikaite (M1399)
Russia
LOCATION
Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
SIZE
58 x 51 x 44 mm
DESCRIPTION
Glendonite is a more rare and uncommon variety of Calcite. This material is well known for the region, also often labeled as Ikaite, but to be exactly: Glendonite is Calcite pseudomorph after Ikaite. The particular specimen is developed as floater. A sphere of grey matrix in the center, the Glendonite crystals grew in all directions.