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Siderite On Gypsum

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Siderite On Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 3.8 × 2.4 cm
Description

A very nice and rare floater of opaque gypsum crystals (opacity caused by inclusions) with pale brown-beige rosettes of siderite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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