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Dolomite

Antarctica expedition GANOVEX III

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Description
Locality: 
Spatulate Ridge Camp, Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Clear to light yellow Dolomite crystals without matrix.

The specimen was found during the german antarctica expedition GANOVEX  III  1982/ 83.  Comes with the original handwritten - private collection- label of the mineralogist from this expedition. Dolomite from this locality is probably lacking in most collections.

Please note :  Ganovex III -  an other locality than the specimens from Ganovex I

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
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