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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 4.1 × 4 cm
Description

A large single crystal on matrix from one discovery in the quarry. Normal the calcite crystals grow in millimeter size. The calcite shows a rhombohedron with silky luster.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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