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Calcite & Asphaltum Var Impsonite

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Calcite & Asphaltum Var Impsonite

ex collection Helmuth Hatton

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Description
Locality: 
Brühne Quarry, Hillenberg, Warstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

Very interesting vug from Brühne, near Warstein. Colorless, somewhat rounded calcite crystals on impsonite (called 'kata-impsonite' by Dr. Krassmann).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Impsonite

Variety Of: 

Asphaltum

Hardness: 
0.0

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