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Calcite On Quartz

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Calcite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Setz Quarry, Idar Oberstein, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 6.8 × 6.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A very nice quartz vug with honey-colored calcite crystals up to 1.5 cm. I photographed the outside too because of the visible sphaerolites (the crack seen on the outside picture does not go through).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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