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Calcite & Dolomite

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Calcite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 12 × 6 cm
Description

Translucent calcite crystals (max. 2.5 cm long) surrounded with dolomite.
Although the front side shows two little cuts this specimen is in a good condition,
due to the size and the undamaged calcite crystals.
They have an etched dogtooth form, some of them are double ended.
The two cuts show that the dolomite is overgrowing smaller calcite crystals.
Glued on plexi socket.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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