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Quartz & Calcite

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Quartz & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Cluster of botryoidal aggregates and bladed crystals of calcite scattered on the quartz crystal with skeletal characters.

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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