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Calcite & Hematite

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Calcite & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Shaft 38, Niederschlema, Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.9 × 2 cm
Description

A cluster of scalenohedral calcite crystals on lustrous hematite (lepidocrocite) blades

 

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