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Calcite With Quartz

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Calcite With Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Daye Iron Mine, Tieshan, Huangshi Prefectature, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 8.6 × 4.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

A cluster of calcite crystals on a quartz-covered matrix. The calcite is perfectly lustrous and contains beautiful white phantoms.

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
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