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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Kals am Großglockner, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

Highly lustrous, sharp scalenohedros set on green shists matrix. The specimen looks great in each angle - also reverse looks very aesthetic. The quality; the luster is exceptional for alpine calcite - this quality comes only from ice-clefts in the area of the glacier where calcite was protected from alteration.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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