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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Egremont, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 5.1 × 3.2 cm
Description

A well-formed specimen from this famous classic locality. The alongated, sharp terminated, milky but translucent calcite crystals show partly red hematite phantoms. Most of the crystals are undemaged and endpointed. The piece looks nice in various positions.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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