Calcite on Quartz
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Calcite on Quartz
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 8 x 6 x 6 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- CaCO3 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Mapimi dist., Durango, Mexico
- Tagged
- carbonate
A highly lustrous Calcite specimen with individual rhombohedral crystals to over 1cm. This is a clean, handsome and damage free specimen. In all it's simplicity, it would make a good addition to any calibur collection. It sits naturally well without any aid. It also has an old tag from the Texas Technical college.
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
- Phillips Collection
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