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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.1 × 13 × 7 cm
Description

Exceptional calcite cluster from China having an awesome visual appearence. It consists of several intergrown crystals with most of them having a second generation overgrown. Underneath this second generation you can perfectly see a layer of blood red hematite included and also some darker areas. The lustre of the crystals is just exceptional and the specimen is in great condition.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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