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Siderite & Calcite

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Siderite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Megalo Livadi, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.6 × 2.3 cm
Description

Interesting and unusual example of reddish-brown crystal clusters of siderite, associated with crystals of calcite. Good and rare locality example!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Calcite

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

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