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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Buena Tierra Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 8.2 × 4.5 cm
Description

A classic and striking cluster of lustrous dogtooth crystals in two generations from this famous mine. Some of the scalenohedrons are topless so you can see the first generation inside which is colourless,
the second generation is chocolate-brown due to Hematite inclusions. Good representative calcite from the Buena Tierra Mine.

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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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