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Whewellite On Calcite

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Whewellite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 2.5 × 4 cm
Description

This one of the rare matrix samples of the famous whewellite findings of Hartenstein. Most crystals were found lose without matrix. This perfectly developed sharp and silky lustrous milky translucent crystal is 0.6 cm long and perches three sided free standing on idiomorphic rhombs of calcite. Very sought after.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Whewellite

Formula: 
Ca(C2O4)·H2O
Strunz: 
10.AB.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Calcite

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

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110