Calcite phantom
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Calcite phantom
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 5.5 x 4 x 5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- CaCO3 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Shullsburg, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, United States
- Tagged
- carbonate
A large second generation 4cm rhombic Calcite crystal on a previous Calcite growths. The specimen features a good phantom crystal (last photo) can be easily seen in person as a large scalenahedral crystal shooting up through the center of the larger rhombic crystal cap.
The area of Shullsburg, Lafayette County in the southwestern corner of Wisconsin contains numerous old mines and are a major part of Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district. This district covers areas in the neighboring states of Iowa and Illinois. Crystals such as these, common at one time, are very hard to obtain these days. Very minor scuffying on this specimen.
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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