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Sceptre Quartz With Celestine & Ankerite

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Sceptre Quartz With Celestine & Ankerite

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Description
Locality: 
Orpierre, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.7 × 7.8 × 6 cm
Description

A highly lustrous sceptre quartz in the middle of a matrix with mixture of dark and light colors - with ankerite and celestine.

Sceptre about 1.6 cm.

There are some addiditional very small but lustrous quartz crystals on the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sceptre Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Celestine

Formula: 
SrSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

Ankerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

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