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Calcite Psm Aragonite

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Calcite Psm Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Karikás Hill Quarry, Prága Hill, Bazsi, Sümeg, Veszprém County, Hungary
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Part of a vug in the basalt matrix contains some Saponite included brownish Calcite hemispheres which surround the dominant, white Calcite columns (2 cm) which most probably replaced the original Aragonite prisms. The specimen stands well without support, as seen on the pictures.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

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

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