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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.8 × 8.1 × 7.8 cm
Description

This is a fine, 3-dimensional specimen of stacked, white, lucent to transparent Calcite rhombs on minor matrix. The single crystals are sharp and lustrous. Despite Calcite is a "just" member of the "ordinary species", at the Kalahari Manganese Fields it is a relatively rare thing,- especially in good pieces. And this specimen is one,- of course not comparable with great worldwide localities for the species. But superb for that what it is.

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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