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Calcite (Var: Manganoan Calcite)


Calcite (Var: Manganoan Calcite) : (Ca,Mn)CO3

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Sprouting from a matrix of 1.5 cm transparent quartz crystals is a single spear of manganocalcite. Highly lustrous and well formed, this obviously pink crystal is also doubly terminated. This is as superb a Romanian mangcalc as I have ever seen. In person, you will see the sugary lustrous effect on the surface is even more impressive 6.2 x 5.3 x 2.5 cm



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