Calcite Photos  
Cochise College               
Photos of Minerals
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

[email protected]    copyright 2011-R.Weller

 
calcite-rhombohedron crystals-2
The mineral calcite crystallizes in a great variety of forms.  One of these forms is the
rhombohedron, the same form as the calcite cleavage.  The crystal faces are parallel
to the cleavage directions. 
 

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Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.

Specimen from Cochise College collection
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