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Anatase & Calcite

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Anatase & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Val Toppa Mine, Pieve Vergonte, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.1 × 1 cm
Description

Some blue, tabular anatase with White calcite from an old gold mine

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Calcite

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