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Vaterite

Former collection Christian Mavris
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Aritzo, Nuoro province,, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.2 × 0.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
8.00gr
Description

White hexagonal vaterite crystals with pearly lustre and textbook shape from this poorly known Sardinian locality. Incredibly scarce material.

In great conditions, this thumbnail is my best specimen from the area! Acquired during the Bologna Mineral Show 2001 from a Sardinian collector.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vaterite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.20
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Colorless
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ballycraigy, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

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