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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

Fascinating group of elongated calcite crystals with serrated surfaces and super silky luster. Crystals to 3cm, some of which have small patches of matrix attached from where they must have touched the other side of the seam.

Very aesthetic specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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