Name |
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Anhydrite |
Chemistry |
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Ca[SO4] |
Hardness |
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3 - 4 |
Lustre |
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vitreous |
Colour |
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colourless, white, bluish |
Streak |
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white |
Density [g/cm3] |
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2.9 - 3.0 |
Crystal habit |
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orthorhombic, crystals
often strongly striated |
Cleavage, Fracture |
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[001], [010] perfect, [100] good |
other characteristics
and occurrences |
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grained, spathic, dense,
also prismatic |
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