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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 2.7 cm
Description

Superb and very rare locality specimen of pinkish calcite. It is a floater, hemispherical aggregate with the surface formed by interpenetrated rhombohedral crystals, that shows a nice pink fluorescence under long UV light (last two pictures). The rear side is detached off the matrix, and in pristine condition, not even a small chipping present.

It was collected in January/2000 by the Dutch collector Bert Biemold. He remember that the exact locality was a small quarry for construction materials, very close to the Dutch embassy in Addis Ababa, because he was able to walk from there.

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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