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Quartz & Calcite & Hematite

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Quartz & Calcite & Hematite

ex. dealer stock Peter Bosse (Kassel/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Setz Quarry, Idar Oberstein, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.5 × 14.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Nice quartz crystals and calcite crystals covered with hematite

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0