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Prase Quartz With Hematite Var Iron Rose On Hedenbergite

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Prase Quartz With Hematite Var Iron Rose On Hedenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 8 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.70cm
Description

Very fine prasem specimen with beautiful, large crystals up to 3.7 cm on pale,whitish to green hedenbergite. Several iron roses between the crystals - a small one rather nice (not pictured).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Prase

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

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

Iron Rose

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

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