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Calcite Psm Wood

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Calcite Psm Wood

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Sipi Caves, Mount Elgon, Manafwa District, Eastern Region, Uganda
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Caramel coloured rhombohedral crystals of calcite richly covering the elongated cavity of a wood branch.

Found in 02/2012 at the Mount Elgon (a remote locality in Uganda) by the Dutch collector Bert Biemold.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Wood

Variety Of: 

Plant

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