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Dolomite Cast

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Dolomite Cast

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.2 × 0.7 cm
Description

A well-formed cute pseudomorph crust of pink-coloured and silky lustre dolomite cast after rhombohedral crystals of probably after calcite. Typical and classic Tsumeb pseudomorph.

Ex. Roger Gnat specimen.

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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