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Calcite from
Calascibetta, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Calascibetta, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:88649
Long-form Identifier:1:3:88649:1
GUID (UUID V4):c3801185-f2bc-48f0-87c6-e532b901096c
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in Bottom: examples of twinned crystals and a calcite crystal (above) and octahedral their ideal geometric...the rhombohedral \ASA PLAGIOCLASE crystals of calcite, the cleavage planes are parallel to the natural...ThereCLEAVAGE | TRICLINIC fore, when one of these calcite crystals is broken, the smaller fragments are also...numerically equivalent to the density when appro- CALCITE priate units are specified. Simple as itis FLUORITE...medium, and high hardness. GYPSUM ORTHOCLASE 3. Calcite amount of equipment. It depends pri- 4. Fluorite
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certain common and important series such as the calcite group. At the same time, the separate descriptions..."Abraumsalz." Wellcrystallized halite is found in Sicily at Girgenti, Racalmuto, Castrogiovanni, and elsewhere...Found at several mines in the Huantajaya district, calcite, embolite, cerargyrite, bromyrite, iodyrite, atacamite...potash-rich minerals in the lava; also on Etna, Sicily. With halite, soda niter, and various sulfates...quantities, at numerous localities in France, Spain, Italy, and England. Found in large amounts at many places
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Transpose illustrations for SELLAITE, Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica...(10). The scale is: (1) talc, (2) gypsum, (3) calcite, (4) fluorite, (5) apatite, (6) orthoclase, (7)...parallelepiped with six identical rhomb faces; calcite has rhombohedral cleavage; also the name of a crystal...transected by veins of a cementing material such as calcite. solid solution A single crystal (mineral) phase...OCCURRENCE: Occurs intergrown with clausthalite in a calcite matrix at Cerro de Cacheu ta, Mendoza, Argentina
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students in the field. Jacket photo: (Top) sulfur, Sicily, 14cm; (top, right) vanadinite, Morocco; (center...scale reads as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite 6 7 8 9 10 Orthoclase Quartz...(10). The scale is: (1) talc, (2) gypsum, (3) calcite, (4) fluorite, (5) apatite, (6) orthoclase, (7)...parallelepiped with six identical rhomb faces (calcite has rhombohedral cleavage), also the name of a...transected by veins of a cementing material such as calcite. solid solution A single crystal (mineral) phase
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students in the field. Jacket photo: (Top) sulfur, Sicily, 14 cm; (top. 1ight) vanadinite, Morocco; (center...Mohs' scale reads as follows: I Talc 2 Gypsum 3 Calcite 4 Fluorite 5 Apatite 6 7 8 9 10 Orthoclase Quartz...(10). The scale is: (1) talc, (2) gypsum, (3) calcite, (4) fluorite, (5) apatite, (6) orthoclase, (7)...parallelepiped with six identical rhomb faces (calcite has rhombohedral cleavage), also the name of a...transected by veins of a cementing material such as calcite. solid solution A single crystal (mineral) phase
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opaque mineral to reflect the light gypsum. 3 - calcite, 4 - fluorite, 5 - apatite, 6 - ortho- beam on...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems
 
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