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Calcite & Marcasite

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Calcite & Marcasite

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Description
Locality: 
Leiping Mine, Guiyang County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
2 × 12.3 × 7.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.60cm
Description

Nice specimen from Leiping Mine with a myriad of perfect biterminated calcite crystals of a rare garnet red color associated with iridescent marcasite nodles. The biggest crystal measures 2.6 X 1 Cm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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