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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.1 × 2.6 cm
Description

Fantastic calcite on matrix from China. The crystal is completely tinted in a beautiful deep red colour and perfectly developed. It is sitting on a even red coloured piece of matrix which adds a super fine esthetics to the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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