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Calcite & Ilvaite

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Calcite & Ilvaite

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Description
Locality: 
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 6.7 × 6.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.00cm
Description

Beautiful calcite crystals up to 5.0 cm in length with great luster, set on matrix with fine rare black ilvaite crystals. 

Very showy, small cabinet, 3-dimensional specimen from the Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Russian Federation.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Ilvaite

Formula: 
CaFe2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BE.07
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Torre di Rio - Santa Filomena area (Monte della Torre), Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

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