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Calcite Var Butterfly Twin With Quartz

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Calcite Var Butterfly Twin With Quartz

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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 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.00cm
Weight: 
62.00gr
Description

Very lustrous grouping of perfect butterfly calcite twins with grey phantoms. Rare to see them with no damage and this much lustre. Classic!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White