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Harmotome & Calcite

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Harmotome & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Mannbühl Quarry, Dannenfels, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 8 × 6 cm
Description

Lustrous colorless harmotome crystals with lustrous light brown calcite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Harmotome

Formula: 
(Ba0.5,Ca0.5,K,Na)5[Al5Si11O32] ·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Calcite

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