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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

Fantastic and unusual cluster of gem clacite crystals on matrix! The piece was originaly a cast after smithsonite! Most of those where destroyed to reveal the smithsonite, but this one was saved and shows wonderful form and lining around the crystals! The luster is oilly and the crystals backlight with a flesh color!Contacting on the back and no daamage!

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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