Calcite

Locality: Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China

Attractive triangular calcite crystal, with shape somewhat reminiscent of benitoite. Overall size 3.3 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm. RFC T1324. Specimen featured on page 481 in textbook China: Mineralien—Fundstellen—Lagerstätten (in German) by Berthold Ottens. (Christian Weise Verlag and Bergakademie Freiberg, Munich, Germany. Available at ~~http://www.lapis.de/shop.~~ [Link dead. Feb 2012] 550 pages; 2008)

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