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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Candoglia Quarries, Candoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 5.2 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

Rich, brownish, lustrous, elongated scalenohedral calcite crystals up to 25 mm tall on matrix from Candoglia in Piedmont, Italy. A very interesting calcite habit, reminding the tree-like or dendritic crystal habit. The crystals show only very minor imperfections. 

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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