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Calcite

Ex Jose Rees Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Boral Peppertree Quarry, Marulan, Argyle County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 14 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

A section of black altered limestone is completely covered with calcite scalahedrons, some doubly terminated, the scalahedrons show an interesting form of parrallel growth of clear calcite over a white calcite core.

This specimen dates back to at least the mid 1970's when it was packed away as part of the Jose Rees collection and simply tagged as being from near Marulan, south of Sydney

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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