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Magnesite

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 5.5 × 3.4 cm
Description

Very nice old specimen of "magnesite" (according to the old label).

Beautiful and very well terminated crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesite

Formula: 
MgCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Magnisía Prefecture (Magnesia), Thessalia Department (Thessaly), Greece
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Label Images - only: Magnesite