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Sandstone Psm Calcite

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Sandstone Psm Calcite

ex collection Aidara/Hühne
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Felsberghütte, Ziegelhausen, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

The biggest and best of our uncommon pseudomorphs - sandstone has replaced calcite scalenohedrons that grew as a ball-shaped cluster (part now inside the sandstone - complete 'balls' of those sandstone-calcite clusters are known, but extremely rare).

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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