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Calcite On Amethyst

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Calcite On Amethyst

Ex Don Belsher

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Description
Locality: 
Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.6 × 4.1 cm
Description

A beautiful frosted group of several calcites standing on a bed of light amethyst. The calcite shows nice secondary and terciary growth faces.

Ex Don Belsher collection with labels.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple
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