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Calcite On Siderite

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Calcite On Siderite

Cristosud
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Description
Locality: 
Saint Pons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 10 × 7 cm
Weight: 
875.00gr
Description

A cluster of rhombohedric calcite displaying a distinctive "frozen effect" on the faces and sharp smooth truncations on the edges. It is positioned at the center of a yellow siderite vug stained by red iron oxides.

Cristosud's find in that atypical alpine locale.

Collected: 
2017
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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