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Quartz With Hematite Inclusions

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Quartz With Hematite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Tinnsjøvegen, Gransherad, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Interesting drusy specimen of quartz crystals with a nice copper-red coloured inclusions of hematite near the top. The base is milky but above the red phantom layer they are water clear.

Acquired by J.Sibtsen in 1994. Ex Jan Sibtsen #231.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Hematite

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

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