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Calcite On Quartz

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Calcite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Grüner Zweig Mine, Schlettau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 8 × 2 cm
Description

The matrix of white prismatic quartz crystals is partially overgrown with white crystals of calcite or aragonite. It looks like  stacking of crystals or pinned on a shashlik, other aggregates look like the Michelin Man or a an injection. However, fantastic material from a historic place, known for the historic Freiseslebenite findings. A recent find.

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

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110