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Calcite On Dolomite

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Calcite On Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Very nice mushroom-shaped stack of slightly yellowish lense-shaped calcite crystals on brown-gray dolomite crystals. The big calcite crystal on top has a diameter of 1.7 cm.

 Minor damage. Much better in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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