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Specularite & Calcite

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Specularite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Les Mines Seleine, Grosse Île, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 12.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

Very nice specularite & calcite from Iles de la Madelaine. I found these specimens along the shore not at the salt mine. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Specularite

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Silvery

Calcite

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