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Dolomite With Calcite

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Dolomite With Calcite

Ex Paul Smith Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Raytown, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm
Description

Saddles of dolomite on across a calcite matrix with a few small nail head calcite crystals mixed in. An attractive little display specimen. 

Condition
General: 
Very good - Some very minor marks
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Provenance
Peter Crozier Minerals