Calcite
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Calcite
- Sold
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 8 x 7 x 5.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- CaCO3 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Asterillo, near Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
- Tagged
- carbonate
A beautiful specimen with two generations of Calcite known as "butterfly twins". The outer generation is a nice translucent orange color. The inner is a colorless dogtooth habit with a thin veneer of oxide coating. No damage, displays nicely.
Calcite
- Formula
- CaCO3
- Crystal System
- Trigonal
- Crystal Habit
- Crystalline - Coarse, Stalactitic, Massive
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Perfect, Perfect
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless, white, pink, yellow, brown
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
- Fracture
- Brittle - Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 3
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Barbara Cureton Collection
- Mineralpedia
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- On Dakota Matrix
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- On Dakota Matrix
- Other Available Calcite
- WebMineral
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