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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Leiping Mine, Guiyang County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 6.3 × 3.4 cm
Description

A lovely twinned calcite from Leiping mine in China. This piece features the well-known and highly sought after "butterfly"-twinning habit featuring sharp, well-formed twinned crystals over matrix. The back side are sawn. Really, an exceptional item.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

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