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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Dongpo, Yizhang County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 9 × 4 cm
Description

Beautiful, sharp, stacked calcite crystals with excellent luster from Chenzhou. The key feature of these calcites is that they are in fact comprised of two generations of calcite – there is an internal core of a single white scalenohedral crystal and it is overgrown by flattened calcite crystals. The flattened crystals have highly lustrous small prism faces. The specimen is self-standing. No significant damages to report, only a small part of the bottom was on the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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