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Quartz On Pericline

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Quartz On Pericline

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Description
Locality: 
Pinzgau, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.5 × 12 × 8 cm
Description

An alpine showpiece from an old find in the Stubach Valley. The specimen consists of a thin gray matrix on which shiny white pericline has grown. As an eye catcher, there is a single quartz crystal that has grown on the pericline. The quartz crystal measures 8.5 cm. The prismatic surfaces are high-gloss, transparent and partly lightly etched. The crystal also shows an undamaged multiple termination. A really nice alpine piece. Higher shipping costs due to the higher weight (1025 grams).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Pericline

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0