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Chalcedony

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Chalcedony

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Mamuju Area, West Sulawesi, Indonesia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Plastic and three-dimensional purple botryoidal chalcedony (grape agate). The balls are purple translucent with satin gloss and dark zoning. Partly covered with a 2nd generation of bright highly lustrous elongated crystals. Intense violet color that is reminiscent of amethyst. Very aesthetic undamaged floater-piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey