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Ferroan Calcite Calcite

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Ferroan Calcite Calcite

Ex M Brown Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Boral Quarry, Bundoora, Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 12.8 × 6.1 cm
Description

A cabinet specimen of pinkish ferroan calcite lining a cavity in basalt from the now defunct Bundoora Quarry in metropolitan Melbourne. Some of the spheres of calcite in the centre of the specimen are actually white in colour

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferroan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Fe)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

Calcite

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