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Calcite Sphalerite & Siderite

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Calcite Sphalerite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16 × 12.5 × 9.5 cm
Description

Classic combo with a side covered by calcite crystals (over 25mm), and the other side with siderite (10mm), quartz, pyrite and sphalerite. From an old romanian collection from the end of '80.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Siderite

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

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