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Specularite & Calcite

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Specularite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
108.00gr
Description

Very nice sample of a lot of specularite crystals intergrown between calcite matrix. Specularite is a variety of hematite that resembles a mirror

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Specularite

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Silvery

Calcite

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

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