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Calcite

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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Pedreira do Vidro Quarry, Moita do Poço, Turquel, Alcobaça, Leiria District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
24 × 15 × 15 cm
Largest Crystal: 
24.00cm
Weight: 
3 250.00gr
Description

This is a fantastic and huge calcite specimen from an old find in Portugal.

Rarely do you see such a large and undamaged doubly-terminated crystal with little matrix, and in such good condition.

Beautiful honey brown color. Very good display specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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