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Aragonite On Calcite

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Aragonite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.4 × 9.2 × 8 cm
Weight: 
1 262.00gr
Description

Botryoidal aragonite and aragonite crystals on slightly greenish calcite crystals on a quartz-galena-sphalerite-pyrite- chalcopyrite matrix.

Balls like those are quite rare from Cavnic.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aragonite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Calcite

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

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