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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 7.1 × 5 cm
Weight: 
200.00gr
Description

Attractive and very rare locality specimen that features different hemispherical aggregates of cream coloured calcite in a cavity. The matrix has been reduced by sawing.

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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