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Vaterite

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Description
Locality: 
San Vito Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.9 × 2.1 cm
Description

some little tufts of colourless exagonal crystals of vaterite.
the vaterite is a rare CaCO3 modification that is metastable below approx. 400°C.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vaterite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.20
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ballycraigy, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

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