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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Piz Beverin, Mathon, Schams, Hinterrhein, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 7.5 × 5 cm
Description

A very beautiful specimen of creme-white calcite scalenoehedron on matrix from an alpine cleft in Switzerland.

Rare and attractive specimen from J. Henrich collection - collected 2002

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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