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Dolomite & Calcite

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Dolomite & Calcite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Stan Terg Mine, Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 4.6 cm
Weight: 
90.00gr
Description

Very interesting group of dolomite crystals with the recrystallized surface of cream color and satin sheen that gives it a very beautiful appearance, the specimen also presents some small crystals of transparent quartz and also it is partially covered with colorless crystals of calcite, the which, under long wave ultraviolet light, show a pink and red fluorescence.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

Calcite

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

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