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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Il Castellaccio Mine, Morfasso, Piacenza Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 10.3 × 6.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Weight: 
389.00gr
Description

Cabinet sized specimen of calcite crystals from the famous 'Il Castellaccio' quarry, Northern Italy. Numerous candid white calcite crystals populate a marl crest, sometimes making evident twins. Most crystals display good lustre and partial transparency, especially at the tips. These calcite crystals typical show pink fluorescence (not tested on this specimen).

The locality has provided some of the best Italian calcite crystals to date. The quarry has shut down its operations a few years ago and it is currently undergoing environmental reclamation, thus effectively stopping the possibility of new finds. These are real Italian classics.

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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