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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.8 × 4.2 cm
Description

Transparent-to-translucent gray rhombohedral calcite crystals with microscopic pyrite crystals set on the top center of the calcite crystals and growth towards the edge and form “Mercedes-Benz” logo shape aggregate. In China mineral collector give this typical locality calcite the nickname: The Benz Calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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