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Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Camoola Reef, Paeroa, Hauraki, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.8 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
375.00gr
Description

Prismatic sprays of quartz on matrix of massive quartz. The based has casts of quartz after bladed calcite. The base alo has minor later calcite. Prismatic quartz crystals are locally stained by trace iron oxyhydroxides

The sample is from the Camoola vein which was mined for silver from 1968 to 1973. Camoola vein, Maratoto Valley, North Island, New Zealand

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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