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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.40cm
Description

Transculent white calcite crystals(scalenohedrons, on matrix) with a very light pale orange hue.

Nice example from this locality, now very hard to get(mined during the 80s).

Bought from a local. It was in my collection for about a year.

No damage.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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