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Quartz & Hematite

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Quartz & Hematite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.2 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm
Description

Small, elongated, bright reddish quartz crystals grown with some black lustrous hematite rosettes. The quartz crystals are also partially covered with a white layer. All broken crystals are healed and also partially covered with the white layer. Therefore, this specimen can be designated as undamaged floater!

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