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Calcite Marcasite & Quartz

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Calcite Marcasite & Quartz

ex Paul Hanses (Meggen, GER)
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Description
Locality: 
Bülten-Adenstedt Mine, Ilsede, Peine District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Collected in the 1960s by Paul Hanses, this one is a typical but nowadays rare example of calcite with some marcasite on quartz from the long time closed Bülten-Adenstedt mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Quartz

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

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