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Quartz With Calcite

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Quartz With Calcite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Pering Mine, Reivilo, Mompati District, North West Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
8.00cm
Weight: 
120.00gr
Description

A fine quartz crystal with a small matrix and calcite crystals.   The calcite is lightly fluorescent in some spots.  A good specimen...This mine is now closed and specimens are rare...

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Calcite

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