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Quartz With Hematite Inclusions

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Quartz With Hematite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Kato Nevrokopi Basin, Drama, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.50cm
Description

This quartz crystals group contains several hematite crystals as inclusions.Hematite is visible to the naked eye,black metallic color and in round lamellar form.Also a phantom is present in one of the crystals.A third crystal is curved.Nice and undamaged specimen-a must have for the inclusion collector.

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