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Hematite With Calcite

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Hematite With Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.5 × 1 cm
Description

Very nice perfect calcite is host to hematite crystals which are naturally etched at the edges.

There is also spots of rutile seen on the surface of the hematite crystals.

There is a very small nick at two spots at the thin side of the hematite crystal which does not detract from the beauty of the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Calcite

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

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