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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
La Sambre Quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.6 × 5.1 cm
Description

Some friends of mine visited the locality this year for field-collecting - the information that they got from workers in the quarry was really disappointing: the area which produced the calcites is non-productive since several years. So no new material was found since years and we also cannot expect any new stuff - each specimend from the locality shoudl be ranked as rarity by now. The crystals are sharp terminated, faces are very glossy and show a nice texture. The crystals are exposed and set on small matrix.

Mineral Data
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Calcite

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