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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Zwingau Shaft, Pfaffenreut, Untergriesbach, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.9 × 3.6 cm
Description

The crystals are white with some light grey zoning to the tips. Altough it is very fragile there are no damages (accept the specimen was extracted from the rock). Well formed sample from classic locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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