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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Bleiwäsche, Bad Wünnenberg, Detmold, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17.5 × 14.8 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.20cm
Description

If you think good German calcites only grow in the Juchem Quarry, think again. Here we have a really great iron-oxide-colored calcite crystal in a vug from Bleiwäsche. Specimen like this are very rare and sought after. Could use a little trimming.

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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