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Dogtooth Calcite
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A dogtooth calcite specimen from the mineral collection of Ferdinand Hotz at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum. The specimen is approximately three inches in diameter.
November 12, 2013
Kraushaar, Andy, 1953-
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W012GV4
WHi 106146
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