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Calcite

Ex Dr F Krantz (Bonn Germany), ex Sasamoto?
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Description
Locality: 
Satsuma District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Rare old timer from Japan (Satsuma being a historic prefecture, with a small locality named Nagano east of the town of Satsuma, so not to mix up with the large town of Nagano in Chuba region; today Kagoshima-ken). the 19th century specimen consists of whiteish translucent simple rhombohedrons of calcite with some quartz(?) on a matrix of obviously andesitic or tuff-like volcanic rock. Krantz stock, could be a Sasamoto specimen although the printed name on the label is not present as usual.

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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