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Cobaltoan Calcite

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Cobaltoan Calcite

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Locality: 
Chandoline Mine, Sion, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Have you ever heard of cobaltoan calcite from the Alps? In a small mine in the Swiss canton of Valais, a crystal hunter uncovered a handful of these pieces, one of which is on offer here. It bears another white mineral which we couldn´t identify fully. We expect it to be either a second generation of calcite or an entirely different mineral. A very rare and pretty mineral from the Swiss Alps!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cobaltoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Co)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

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