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Hematite Psm Calcite

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Hematite Psm Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Langenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
4 × 34 × 2 cm
Description

Hematite pseudomorph after calcite scalenohedrons with a second generation of small calcite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Calcite

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