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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Bockstein Duct, SAFE Power Station, Remsach, St Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4.9 × 4.3 cm
Description

A well shaped white crystal - sharp terminated all around and with attractive texture on all faces. Shoudl be ranked high for the rare locality! It was a cleft inside a water-tunnel; discovered during the construction in the 90ties. No new material will ever come out and there was only a fist full of this material. No significant 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