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Anatase On Smoky Quartz

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Anatase On Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Hardangervidda, Vestland, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 5 × 4.1 cm
Description

Dozens anatase crystals of different size are located on smoky quartz.

The smoky quartz itself has good quality and shows "rainbows" when illuminated. While on the backside it looks like there is second generation white quartz - forming many little tops.

All in all a quiet interesting specimen from Norway

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

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