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Calcite

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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 5.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Flattened rhombs of calcite have formed rounded balls of crystals on a rib of country rock. The calcite has good translucency and is clear to white in colour. A small amount of quartz crystals and sulphides underlay the calcite and can be seen pecking out in places.

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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