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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Rucks Pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 9.2 × 7 cm
Description

This is a large, single mercenaria clam on a dark gray micritic limestone matrix, with golden yellow calcite crystals. The calcite is fluorescent yellow -green under shortwave and longwave UV light. Very aestetic specimen, lustrous and perfectly crystallized with three-dimensional construction. The specimen stands in the displayed positions without support.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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