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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Sasar Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

Here's a quite uncommon calcite from Baia Mare area. This variety is called sandwich-calcite due to its unsusual structure. Not just the sandwich-structure is interesting, the second photo photo shows the crystals detailed. As you can see the surface consists of hundreds of fine subindividuals. The specimen is from an older collection and comes with the original label. The specimen was carefully selcted, it is in fine condition. 

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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