Quartz, calcite

Romania, Maramureș, Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik)

Quartz, calcite
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Article codeIV.D.0110.050
Concatenation of rosettes needle-shaped, about 10 to 15 mm long, quartz crystals; one crystal of approx. 3 mm protrudes above everything. The quartz crystals are covered on one side with brown / yellow calcite.
Measures approximately 115x100x50 mm  and weighs approximately 0,400 kilogramme.


The mines in the area are closed for good, but had been operating since the early 1300's; in the area  over seventy different minerals were found including quartz and calcite.