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Amethyst & Ankerite On Calcite

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Amethyst & Ankerite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4.5 × 4 cm
Description

Several very nice, glossy, well-colored elongated amethyst crystals with yellowish ankerite on greenish calcite.

Really good amethyst color, evedn though the contrast on the pictures is a bit strong.

I'd even say the specimen is a bit better in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple

Ankerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

Calcite

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

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