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Calcite With Hematite

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Calcite With Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Kreimbach-Kaulbach Quarry, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 9 × 8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

A clear-transparent orange-red calcite crystals sit on a first generation calcite crystal matrix, covered with haematite (Eisenrahm). 

Some damage on one big first generation crystal.

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

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