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Calcite On Quartz

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Calcite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Juchem Quarry, Niederwörresbach, Herrstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 9.2 × 7.1 cm
Weight: 
496.00gr
Description

Spheroidal hollow quartz geode, with a pale amethyst colour, and the core holding different clusters of yellow, curved calcite crystals that show intense yellow colour under long UV, and pink under short UV.

Acquired in 1986. Ex Gerard Vogel collection.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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