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Calcite

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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Tonglüshan Mine, Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 5.7 × 5.2 cm
Description

A group of highly lustrous light calcite crystals, they show incluions of hematite, which give light red color tones to the piece, most of these red zonings are visible along the edges. The assemble is very tri-dimensional and aesthetic.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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