Calcita
Calcita is a mineral with formula CaCO₃, in the Carbonatos group. This specimen comes from Cueva Manuela, La Araña, Málaga, Andalucía, España and joined the Terrium collection in 2025.
Description
Dedo cactus cactus dedo. Columnar crystal coated by small peach-coloured rhombohedra with vitreous lustre. The rhombohedra are oriented in all directions, forming a homogeneous, dotted surface. Shows bluish-white fluorescence under UV light.
About Calcita
Calcium carbonate that crystallises in the trigonal system. It is one of the most common species in the Earth's crust and forms in sedimentary, metamorphic, or hydrothermal settings.
About the locality
The La Araña quarries, in the eastern area of Málaga, are worked in Triassic limestones with cavities lined by pale calcite, frequently fluorescent.
Technical data
- Catalogue No.
- 0195
- Composition
- CaCO₃
- Name
- Calcita
- Group
- Carbonatos
- Category
- Estélites
- Mine
- Cueva Manuela
- District / Municipality
- La Araña
- Province
- Málaga
- Region
- Andalucía
- Country
- España
- Size (cm)
- 5.9 x 2.2 x 2.2
- Weight
- 30 g
- Acquired
- 2025
- Ex-collection
- Carlos Pareja
- Etymology
- From the Latin "calx, calcis" ('lime'), for its principal composition of calcium carbonate.
- Quality
- Muy buena
- Value trend
- Al alza
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