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Calcite & Dolomite

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Calcite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Sainte-Clotilde-de-Chateauguay Quarry, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 5 cm
Description

Rich specimen of light yellowish calcite on light rosy dolomite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White