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Hematite & Quartz

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Hematite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Lechang Mine, Lechang, Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 7.8 × 4 cm
Description

Numerous well terminated and partly iron-red coated quartz cluster from China. In the very center of the specimen there is an extremely fine crystallised hematite rose embedded.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Quartz

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