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Cave Pearls

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Cave Pearls

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Locality: 
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

A small group of calcite growing on a tan coloured cave pearl group from this much loved Russian location.

Cave pearl are small spherules that form around a grain of sand or broken ore in mine pools and are fed back the constant dripping of carbonate rich ground waters dripping into the pool.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cave Pearls

Synonym Of: 

Aragonite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
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