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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Juchem Quarry, Niederwörresbach, Herrstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 8.7 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Description

A curved geode richly filled by yellow coloured, long scalenohedral crystals of calcite that are beautifully terminated by a pinacoid that cuts the ends of the scalenohedra.

Acquired in 1986. Ex. Gerard Vogel collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

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