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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Khyber Pass, Spin Ghar Mountains, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 6.8 × 4.1 cm
Description

A fine cluster of well formed calcite scalenohedrons with partially a thin orange coating present. They are sitting on a small piece of snow-white feldspar matrix which gives a fantastic appearence.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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