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Sandstone Psm Calcite

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Sandstone Psm Calcite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Felsberghütte, Ziegelhausen, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm
Description

Very good sample with rather big casts of sandstone, pseudomorph after calcite scalenohedrons.

I think Ziegelhausen is the only locality in Germany for pseudomorphs of this kind. Material has become scarce.

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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