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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Rotgülden, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 5.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Rotgülden is a historic mining area - history goes back of 2000 years, the last mine (an Arsenic-mine) closed in the 60ties, today the area is a nature-park and field-collecting is prohibited. This is an old specimen from discoveries in the early 80ties in some of the old shafts. Glossy crystals of calcite are aesthetically set on matrix with tiny crystals of first generation. Hard to photograph and even better in person.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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