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Calcite Var Manganoan Calcite

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Calcite Var Manganoan Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Krushev Dol Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2.7 cm
Description

This great piece comes from the small find a few years ago of this bizarre manganoan calcite!The crystals look like romanesco brokoli and they are lustrous and with skin pink color!The piece is undamaged,sharp and displays in many angles!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

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