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Calcite & Galena

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Calcite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 5.7 × 4 cm
Description

A real bright calcite flower nice visible from all sides. There is a second generation of calcite on the back. The matrix is galena-prite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey