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Calcite

Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Gralex Quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

Honey coloured calcite crystals that are twinned on {00.1}. They are complete, without damages, with just the contact with the matrix at the rear. It is from the famous quarry at Mount-sur-Marchienne, that was closed in 1993.

Collected before 1980 by Joseph Verbist, who was the CEO of the CMB (Compagnie Maritime Belge).

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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