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Calcite Psm Ikaite

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Calcite Psm Ikaite

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Description
Locality: 
Bol’shaya Balakhnya River, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm
Description

Calcite pseudomorph ikaite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Ikaite

Formula: 
CaCO3·6H2O
Strunz: 
5.CB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Ikka Bund, Ikka Fjord (Ìka), Sermersooq, Greenland