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Calcite & Plumosite

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Calcite & Plumosite

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Description
Locality: 
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Typical, distinctive crystallized rosettes of calcite with plumosite inclusions. This give the calcite the greyish-black colour. The calcite is also sharp edged and lustrous and the main-aggregate looks like a ball. A good specimen from the old finds in Herja Mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Plumosite

Synonym Of: 

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Cosalite

Formula: 
Pb2Bi2S5
Strunz: 
2.JB.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Dadsonite

Formula: 
Pb23Sb25S60Cl
Strunz: 
2.HC.30
Hardness: 
2.5

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Hardness: 
2.5

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
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