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Sceptre Quartz On Pyrite

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Sceptre Quartz On Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.80cm
Description

This is a very attractive and showy sceptre quartz crystal on lustrous pyrite crystals from Washington.

Ex Siber+Siber collection, ex Hoffmann collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sceptre Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5