Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Calcite & Hematite

Views:
Watches:
ESM763618

Calcite & Hematite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Hengyang, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 10 × 7 cm
Description

Hematite coated scalenohedrons overgrown by a second generation of layered lenticulated rhombohedrons

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0