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Quartz On Calcite

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Quartz On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Steeden, Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

Quartz coated calcite are sought after from the limestone quarry at steeden. This is a beautiful, undamaged display specimen. Some of the calcite seems to be bi-coloured brownish/white under the quartz coating. Hard to photograph.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Calcite

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

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