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THIS communication describes some of the effects observed on calcite cleavage faces after etching with dilute acid. Puchegger1 has reported etch pits which formed a rib-like pattern on either side of scratch marks made on calcite. More striking features are described here.
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WATTS, H. Etch Pits on Calcite Cleavage Faces. Nature 183, 314 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183314a0
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