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Quartz On Hematite

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Quartz On Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Jinlong Hill, Longchuan County, Heyuan, Guangdong Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7.5 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.50cm
Description

Striking, rust-red, iron oxide-coated quartz points to 4.5 cm project dramatically outward from the mounded matrix that includes numerous rosettes of lustrous hematite blades. Ex Armin Wendland collection - acquired 2002

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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