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Calcite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18 × 10 × 7 cm
Description

This is a very attractive and showy specimen from the famous Trepca Mining district.

Large calcite crystals on long prismatic quartz crystals partly covered with sparkling golden pyrite microcrystals.

Beautiful old specimen from Armin Wendland 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

Quartz

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