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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 2.8 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Prismatic hexagonal crystals of calcite, which is uncommon for the locality, aesthetically covered by a coating of brassy orange iron hydr(oxides), on matrix.

Acquired in 1988. Ex Roger Gnat 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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