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Calcite & Dolomite

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Calcite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
La Verde Quarry, Verdenueva Height, Camargo, Cantabria, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 5.4 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Description

Group of calcite crystals with deformed and curved escalenohedron and rhombohedron faces. With some brilliance, yellowish color and translucent. Nice yellowish fluorescence. Very aerial disposed on a matrix of dolomite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Dolomite

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