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Aragonite & Calcite

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Aragonite & Calcite

Collected in 2010

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Description
Locality: 
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm
Description

Attractive white to cream coloured rounded growths of aragonite / calcite. The base reveals a classic banded structure around a core of brown dolomite rock.

Collected from an old road cutting just to the north of the famous Burra Copper Mine in 2010.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aragonite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Calcite

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