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Calcite & Marcasite

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Description
Locality: 
Beez Quarry, Namur, Namur District, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 5.4 × 2.8 cm
Description

This is not just a calcite from Beez but an uncommon aesthetic specimen showing oriented growths of marcasite along the top edges of the calcite rhombohedra. According to Kevin Van Belle, the local collector who found the specimen in 2011, only 4 specimens were recovered from the pocket and no other similar specimens are known. Beautiful!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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