AUSSIE CALCITE ROSETTE

AUSSIE CALCITE ROSETTE

This is a rare quality calcite crystal specimen, Aussie Calcite Rosette.  A really lovely piece of calcite, quite a stunning formation with excellent crystal shape.   Super collectable for your crystal, mineral, calcite or Aussie specimen collection.  This Rosette with bladed crystals is translucent pale ivory with three semi spherical crystal forms.  Australian Calcite specimens from Tyndal Quarry like this aesthetically pleasing show piece rarely become available.  One pic is back lit to show translucent colour and another show close up with a bit of interesting quarry dust between the crevasses.

Location:
Tyndal Quarry, New South Wales, Australia.

Dimensions:
9cm x 6.4cm x 4.4cm, 289g.

Calcium Carbonate:  CaCO3.

Calcite name is from chalix the Greek word for lime.  This is a most amazing yet, common mineral.  Comprising about 4% by weight of the Earth’s crust and formed in many different geological environments.  Calcite can form rocks of considerable mass and constitutes a significant part of all three major rock classification types.  It forms oolitic, fossiliferous and massive limestones in sedimentary environments.  Calcite serves as the cements for many sandstones and shales.  Limestone becomes marble from the heat and pressure of metamorphic events.  Calcite is even a major component in the igneous rock called carbonatite and forms the major portion of many hydrothermal veins.

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