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Byssolite & Quartz

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Byssolite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Grisons, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 3.4 × 2 cm
Description

A rather unusual specimen. Hairfine acicular byssolite crystals filling almost a cleft and growing inside of a quartz crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Quartz

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

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