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Specularite Quartz & Calcite

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Specularite Quartz & Calcite

ex Dr. F. Krantz (GER), no old label
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Description
Locality: 
Cleator Moor Mines, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm
Description

Classic cumbrian example from a Cleator Moor suite at Krantz: a matrix of massive haematite hosts specularite, cumbrian type quartz and tan whiteish calcite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Specularite

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Silvery

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Calcite

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

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