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Calcite Siderite & Quartz With Chlorite

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Calcite Siderite & Quartz With Chlorite

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Description
Locality: 
Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

A radiating group of nail head calcite crystals sits atop a group of quartz crystals included with chlorite and covered with cream to brown coloured spheres of siderite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Siderite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless
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