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Calcite & Celadonite

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Calcite & Celadonite

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Description
Locality: 
Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 5.6 × 4.8 cm
Description

Beautifully contrasting specimen from Brazil. The framework is nicely built up of intense greenish celadonite which is hosting two almost perfect developed calcite crystals on top.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Celadonite

Formula: 
K(Mg,Fe2+)Fe3+(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Planitz, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany