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Cobaltoan Calcite

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Cobaltoan Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Bou Azzer Mine, Amerzgane, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Scintillating, intensely pink, sharp crystals of gem cobaltoan calcite crystals on matrix on this intensely colorful specimen.

Old-time material from the 1970s. Ex Hoffmann collection, Germany

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cobaltoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Co)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0