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Ankerite

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Ankerite

ex Hermann Höger collection

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Description
Locality: 
Terpetzen, Trixen, Saulape, Carinthia, Austria
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.7 × 9.8 × 3 cm
Description

White ankerite crystals with high lustre on matrix. The specimen was labeled orginal with terpetzen, mittertrixen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ankerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria