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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Grevenbrück Qarry, Lennestadt, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 7.2 × 3.8 cm
Description

Interesting specimen from a not so well-known Sauerland quarry. The crystals seem to be phantoms (second generation growing on scalenohedrons), but are not transparent enough to show this clearly.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

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