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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Tonglüshan Mine, Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.4 × 6 × 5.3 cm
Description

Nice cluster of several calcite crystals with a main crystal sitting on top of the specimen. Most of the smaler calcite are having a nice red spray on the tops which enhances the contrast.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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