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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Gyöngyösoroszi, Mátra Mountains, Heves County, Hungary
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.7 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Weight: 
28.20gr
Description

This is an outstanding and very nice cluster of Calcite. This columnar variety of Calcite was called cannonball (ágyúpát) by local miners in the 1970s in Gyöngyösoroszi, Hungary.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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