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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Mid Continent Mine, Treece, Picher, Cherokee County, Kansas, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.00cm
Description

An old Tri-State calcite from Treece, featuring light amber crystal s up to 5 cm, with an extension crystal growing right out of the tip of its termination. The calcite have fine luster, and are complete and undamaged all around. Probably collected prior to the 1960s, from the Hoffmann collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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