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Quartz With Calcite On Marble

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Quartz With Calcite On Marble

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Description
Locality: 
Gioia Quarries, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5 × 10 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
201.00gr
Description

Classic diamond Carrara Quartz crystals up to 8 mm implanted between Calcite crystals up to 5 mm on white marble

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

Marble

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0