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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Frizington, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 4.8 × 2.4 cm
Description

Old classic from this famous area. The crystal is complete and well developed all around. Some faces are lustrous, others on satiny luster. The transparency is nearly optical and the dark hematite matrix at the base gives a lot of contrast to the piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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