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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 7.5 × 6.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.00cm
Description

A striking cluster of twinned and un-twinned calcite crystals from the recent find at the Fengjiashan Mine of China.

The superb, large upright crystal is twinned and is 6 cm. Many of the lustrous, translucent crystals have a nice hematite tint to them as well. The large crystal is pristine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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