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Gwindel

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Description
Locality: 
Galenstock, Tiefenbach, Urseren, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

A highly glossy and transparently, smoky-colored quartz-gwindel from Switzerland. The gwindel shows a clearly visible rotation and is multi-faceted crystallized and partially covered with some chlorite. It was found in summer 2017! No significant damage to report, the bottom was extracted from the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gwindel

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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