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Prase With Hematite

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Prase With Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm
Description

This sculptural example of the classic Serifos Island prase quartz forms a cluster of sharp, somewhat translucent crystals up to 63mm long. The piece is crystallized as a detached floater specimen. In the area of the floor there are some attractive hematite rosettes with a diameter of up to 0.8 cm. Also important to mention and also a rarity: a crystal group of the prase quartz shows a growth restriction in the upper area. The whole piece is very well crystallized, really beautiful, undamaged and visible from every side!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Prase

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Hematite

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