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Calcite Psm Fossil Belemnite

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Calcite Psm Fossil Belemnite

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Description
Locality: 
Bassenge, Liège Province, Belgium
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

This is a lovely example of a belemnite replaced by brownish orange calcite. The white chalk is still present inside the cavity. Found in 1982 in Bassenge (Belgium) at the outcrops of Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age).

Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens specimen.

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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