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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Rossenray Mine, Kamp-Lintfort, Ruhr, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

A very sparkling specimen from a very seldom seen locality.

A matrix of typical blach shale is loaded with highly lustrous, well-formed, colourless calcite crystals up to 7 mm, associated with some golden chalcopyrite. Collected in 1973.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

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