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Quartz Psm Calcite

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Quartz Psm Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Ohio Mine, Amphitheater, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

 This is a very lustrous and attractive quartz encrustation from a mine known for it's production of fine milky quartz groups. The scalenohedral calcite crystals have left an interesting cast which is visible in the last photo.

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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