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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Longyan, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 7 × 3.8 cm
Description

Highly lustrous hexagonal calcite crystals with white faces. The short prismatic faces are glassy, colorless ore white with a fine structure. Here you can also see into the inner side of the crystals, which show a honey-colored center. The calcite fluoresces a lovely pink color under shortwave UV light.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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