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Steatite Psm Calcite

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Steatite Psm Calcite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Thiersheim, Marktredwitz, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Pseudomorphs of Steatite after Quartz are well known from the Göpfersgrün area. This is one of the rarer pseudomorphs of Steatite after Calcite showing rhombohedrons up to 6 mm. Comes with an antique, late 19th to early 20th century handwritten label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Steatite

Variety Of: 

Talc

Formula: 
Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.05
Hardness: 
1.0
Formula: 
Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0

Calcite

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