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Calcite & Quartz

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Calcite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Prangenhaus Quarry, Rohdenhaus, Niederberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 9.5 × 6.8 cm
Description

Clear quartz crystals and red calcite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Quartz

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