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Calcite & Celadonite

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Calcite & Celadonite

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Description
Locality: 
Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm
Description

Highly esthetic and beautiful cluster of several calcite crystals forming a nice flower like formation. About half of the crystals are covered in a layer of green celadonite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Celadonite

Formula: 
K(Mg,Fe2+)Fe3+(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Planitz, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany