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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Leiping Mine, Guiyang County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 4.2 × 3.9 cm
Description

A fine 2 generation Calcite specimen from Leiping Mine in China. In this case, there are countless acicular crystals of Calcite, scattered over scalenodral light flesh red coloured crystals of the same species. Both kinds of Calcite are well developed, sharp edged and highly lustrous. A good and aesthetic specimen with only minor and nearly invisible imperfections.

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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