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Amethyst Calcite & Celadonite

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Amethyst Calcite & Celadonite

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Description
Locality: 
Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 6.1 × 5.8 cm
Description

Crazy combination from Brazil. An amethyst flower in a smooth purple which is accompanied by several well developed and slightly orange coloured calcite crystals and a framework of greenish celadonite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple

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