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Gaspéite With Calcite

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Gaspéite With Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Km-3 Mine, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Botryoidal intense light green gaspeite together with calcite crystals and encrustations of white aragonite. Comes from a private collection (no label).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gaspéite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg,Fe)CO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
New Jersey Zinc Exploration Co. trench, Mont-Albert, La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada

Calcite

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

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