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Calcite & Amethyst

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Description
Locality: 
Juchem Quarry, Niederwörresbach, Herrstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.8 × 7.5 × 5.8 cm
Weight: 
426.00gr
Description

Here we have a beautiful cluster of calcite of the Kanonenspat (cannon spar) variety grown on light-coloured amethyst from the Juchem quarry near Idar-Oberstein.
Such specimens were found extremely rarely and represent a speciality for calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple

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