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Specularite Dolomite Calcite & Quartz

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Specularite Dolomite Calcite & Quartz

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Locality: 
Frizington, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

An attractive specimen of vuggy hematite matrix with a mix of golden brown dolomite crystals, lustrous black specula rite crystals opaque calcite crystals and transparent quartz crystals from a classic North Of England iron ore locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Specularite

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Silvery

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Aragonite and Vaterite
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

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