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Calcite On Cavansite

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Calcite On Cavansite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm
Description

A colorless gemmy psuedo octahedral calcite crystal is perched on an electric blue snail trail of cavansite sprays all resting on a bed of stilbite crystals. A stunning miniature, whose beauty I find difficult to convey in this text. A keeper.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Cavansite

Formula: 
Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA
Earthstones Australia

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