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Calcite & Caryopilite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 4.9 × 3 cm
Weight: 
43.74gr
Description

The specimen appears to have two sets of two generations deposits, calcite on caryopilite on calcite. The main topside presentation has a high relief topography with a busy mixture of spires and mounds and deep recesses and ravines.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Caryopilite

Formula: 
(Mn,Mg)3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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