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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Brown's Bay, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

a group of translucent nail-head spar calcite crystals on basalt matrix. fluoresces a pale red. An unusual location for the calcite collector.

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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