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Calcite

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Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 9.3 × 2.4 cm
Description

A plate covered by glossy calcite crystals which are covered by micro crystals of second generation. I show the specimen is two different angles - on one side the crystals are very light withntouch of yellow. In the second position you can see the other side of the crystals which is dark grey. The mines in Bleiberg are all closed since decades, no chance to dig there anymore. All material is out of old collections and becomes more and more rare and hard to obtain. No significent damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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