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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 7.9 × 4.2 cm
Description

On a sliver of limestone matrix is a gemmy, lustrous, terminated and twinned calcite crystal. The transparency and rich glassy lustre is outstanding. It is nearly complete-all-around.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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