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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 11 × 7.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Description

Wine yellow, gemmy, scalenohedral calcite crystals up to 22 mm across in a geode from the classic agate locality Idar-Oberstein in Germany, perched atop pale purple amethyst crystals up to 7 mm in size. A wonderful specimen of a classic mineral association from a classic locality. 

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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