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Calcite

ex Hermann Höger, Hohenlimburg collection
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Description
Locality: 
Hahnstätten, Taunus, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.2 × 11.3 × 6.6 cm
Description

An unusual specimen with light pinkish, coralline calcite. The type of this calcite have actual labeling, and it call "korallen-calcit, too. The specimen don't fluoresce under uv-light. It is unknown, whence comes the color.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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