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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Daye Iron Mine, Tieshan, Huangshi Prefectature, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 4.4 × 4.1 cm
Description

Golden calcite, really amazing color. The crystals are sharp terminated and very lustrous and of good clarity. Along some edges and corners you can see a dark grey color zoning. Backside was on the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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