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Calcite On Dolomite

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Calcite On Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Pseudocubic Calcite crystals on Dolomite from Pit J-44 of the closed Pine Point Mine. These fluoresce yellow which is unusual for Pine Point. Typically the Pine Point calcites have some faces that a lustrous and others that are dull. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Dolomite

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

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