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Monticellite In Calcite

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Monticellite In Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Pale brown monticellite in a blue crystalline calcite matrix from Crestmore in California

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monticellite

Formula: 
CaMgSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Calcite

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