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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Daye Iron Mine, Tieshan, Huangshi Prefectature, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 6.7 × 5.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.70cm
Description

Reddish, lustrous, complex calcite crystals up to 3.7 cm in size on matrix from the Daye Iron Mine in Hubei Province, China. The color of the crystals is caused by finely dispersed hematite particles and they are quite sharp and well developed. The crystals show only minor damage on few spots on the back of the 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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