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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Büchenberg Mine, Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 8 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A classic Calcite specimen from a historic german iron mine. Calcites up to 1.5 cm partly covered by tiny pyrite crystals. Comes with a typewritten label dated back to 1957.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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