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The answer is calcite!! It’s a very common mineral and can be cut into beautiful gems, but they are fragile. ⚒️🧪💎
Guess the Gem!! What mineral do you think this is? Hint: this mineral is sometimes used for its optical qualities. ⚒️🧪💎
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Oh wow I had no idea that there were calcite gems out there. Beautiful!
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Collected some as young boy in the local caverns of the swiss Jura mountains. Not that clear, but we thought it's almost diamonds… 😂 Never forget how difficult it was once when trying to leave the cavern and it did rain at the outside. The rocks were slippery like freshly soaped up. 😬