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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Kyogle Quarry, Fairy Mount, Rous County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.4 × 2 cm
Description

These unusual calcite specimens are just wonderful and can come in a variety of sizes. This piece is free of matrix and comprises a hemisphere of radiating white calcite that shows a secondary growth of a slightly yellow calcite over the original crystals.

The specimen appears to have been glued to a base at some time previous and some remaining glue can be seen on the bottom of the piece in he photos.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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