07632 - Pink Cobaltoan Calcite Crystals on Matrix - Bou Azzer Mine (South Morocco) Dinosaur Bones and Claws but this interpretation did not
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but this interpretation did not gain wide acceptance
Comments: Approved 27 Apr 2013
26 Inch = 6
Ivanopleura
Salter 1867 (trilobite)
07632 - Pink Cobaltoan Calcite Crystals on Matrix - Bou Azzer Mine (South Morocco) Dinosaur Bones and Claws but this interpretation did notCalcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). The Mohs scale of mineral hardness, based on scratch hardness comparison, defines value 3 as "calcite". The Cobaltoan calcite is a variety of calcite containing Co2+ replacing Ca, that's the reason for its pretty pink color.