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Dolomite

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Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.8 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

A group of completely transparent, water clear dolomite crystals with a very good lustre. They display multiple contact twins on {1000}, classic for the locality, producing an alignment of various crystals along the direction perpendicular to the twin plane. This alignment is also evidenced by striation along intersection of the {0001} and the main rhombohedral faces {10-11}.

This specimen is from a limited find made by Francisco Maello (ES) in 1991. Dolomite from Eugui is already considered a modern classic of the European mineralogy. Furthermore, the Azcarate Quarry is definitely closed, and it is now in the restoration period.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dolomite

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

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