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COBALTOAN CALCITE CRYSTALS

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A gorgeous crimson pink Cobaltoan Calcite Crystals specimen with vibrant green sparkling Malachite.  Calcite Crystals with cobalt have covered one face of the host rock.  The rest of the rock also slightly pink from the cobalt content with some green Malachite.  An unusual cluster, there aren’t too many crimson pinks in nature and this is a nice large piece.  Great for jewellery making or just to admire as is.  A few crevice cracks full of pink crystals make this specimen very interesting.  The malachite on top make this specimen spectacular, this is a case of save the best till last.

Dimensions:
5.5cm x 6cm x 5.5cm, 235g.

Location:
D.R. Congo, Africa.

Cobaltoan Calcite
(Ca,Co)CO3

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COBALTOAN CALCITE CRYSTALSCOBALTOAN CALCITE CRYSTALS

A gorgeous crimson pink Cobaltoan Calcite Crystals specimen with vibrant green sparkling Malachite.  Calcite Crystals with cobalt have covered one face of the host rock.  The rest of the rock also slightly pink from the cobalt content with some green Malachite.  An unusual cluster, there aren’t too many crimson pinks in nature and this is a nice large piece.  Great for jewellery making or just to admire as is.  A few crevice cracks full of pink crystals make this specimen very interesting.  The malachite on top make this specimen spectacular, this is a case of save the best till last.

Dimensions:
5.5cm x 6cm x 5.5cm, 235g.

Location:
D.R. Congo, Africa.

Cobaltoan Calcite
(Ca,Co)CO3

A variety of calcite containing Co2+ replacing Ca.

CaCO3, Calcium Carbonate.

Calcite, which gets its name from “chalix” the Greek word for lime, is a most amazing and common mineral.  It is one of the most common minerals on the face of the Earth.  Comprising 4% by weight of the Earth’s crust and is formed in 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.  Also serves as the cements for many sandstones and shales.  Interestingly Limestone becomes marble from the heat and pressure of metamorphic events.  The crystals of calcite can form many different shapes.  The positive rhombohedron, negative rhombohedron, steeply, moderately and slightly inclined rhombohedrons, various scalahedrons, prism and pinacoid.

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Weight350 g
Dimensions10 × 12 × 8 cm
color

Crimson, Green, Pink

COBALTOAN CALCITE CRYSTALSCOBALTOAN CALCITE CRYSTALS

A gorgeous crimson pink Cobaltoan Calcite Crystals specimen with vibrant green sparkling Malachite.  Calcite Crystals with cobalt have covered one face of the host rock.  The rest of the rock also slightly pink from the cobalt content with some green Malachite.  An unusual cluster, there aren’t too many crimson pinks in nature and this is a nice large piece.  Great for jewellery making or just to admire as is.  A few crevice cracks full of pink crystals make this specimen very interesting.  The malachite on top make this specimen spectacular, this is a case of save the best till last.

Dimensions:
5.5cm x 6cm x 5.5cm, 235g.

Location:
D.R. Congo, Africa.

Cobaltoan Calcite
(Ca,Co)CO3

A variety of calcite containing Co2+ replacing Ca.

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