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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
25 × 18 × 12 cm
Largest Crystal: 
7.50cm
Weight: 
4 900.00gr
Description

Museum size calcite specimen with phantoms of duftite from Tsumeb. The calcite is lustrous translucent and of greyish color and show hoppered faces filled with duftite and a second generation of calcite. Diameter of the largest crystal is 7.5 cm. The whole specimen has only minor damages and is of excellent quality for its size.

Please note that the shipping cost vary due to the weight of the specimen (4.9 kg). Shipping costs are between 23€ (EU) to 63€ (worldwide). Shipping to the US will be 55€.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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