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Calcite On Quartz

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Calcite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 3 × 2.7 cm
Description

Colourless to white striated crystals of calcite to 1.8 cm, formed by a very obtuse rhombohedra, on a crystallized quartz matrix. A representative specimen for the locality.

Ex. Wolfgang E. Henkel collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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