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Calcite On Ankerite

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Calcite On Ankerite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 7 × 6 cm
Description

An old sample from the Freiberg mining district with a matrix of rhodochrosite overgrown with milky quartz, pyrite and carbonates as ankerite, rhodochrosite and siderite (Braunspat) as well as white calcite on top. Very nice oldtimer with label of from the state mineral deposit Freiberg.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Ankerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110