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Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Kals am Großglockner, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

Here we have a fine specimen of super transparent and water-clear calcite from the Austrian Alps. It is hard to find such alpine quality since most of the calcite are getting dissolved in acidious solutions in the clefts.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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