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Calcite On Plant

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Calcite On Plant

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Description
Locality: 
Mariastein, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 8 × 5.5 cm
Description

First of all: This is not a fossil! These are small calcite crystals as sinter on leaves and wood pieces. The leaves and wood pieces underneath are completely preserved. The largest leave has a length of 7,3 cm. The sinter has covered the complete leaf. The structure is plastic and undamaged. A very rare and aesthetic old found from the 1980s. The backside was extracted from the bottom. (Photos by R. Bacher)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Plant

Variety Of: 

Organic

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