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Cave Pearls

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Description
Locality: 
Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm
Description

Rounded concretions of calcite-aragonite from Smallcleugh Mine (Cumbria), ranging in size from 16 to 22mm in length. Measurements are those of the largest piece.

Ex. Chris Deroo collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cave Pearls

Synonym Of: 

Aragonite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0

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