6" Polished Chocolate Calcite Tower - Pakistan

This is a beautiful, 6" tall polished tower that was formed from "chocolate calcite", collected from Pakistan. This tower has four sides and features alternating bands of white, beige and brown calcite.

Calcite, CaCO3, is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate. The other polymorphs are the minerals aragonite and vaterite. Calcite crystals are trigonal-rhombohedral, though actual calcite rhombohedra are rare as natural crystals. However, they show a remarkable variety of habits including acute to obtuse rhombohedra, tabular forms, and prisms. Calcite exhibits several twinning types adding to the variety of observed forms. It may occur as fibrous, granular, lamellar, or compact. Cleavage is usually in three directions parallel to the rhombohedron form.
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SPECIES
Calcite
LOCATION
Pakistan
SIZE
6" tall
CATEGORY
ITEM
#149505