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Steatite Psm Quartz

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Steatite Psm Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Göpfersgrün, Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

A very good old time specimen of steatite pseudomorph after quartz crystals. Nowadays very hard to obtain.

Ex Manuel Lindner collection, Germany

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Steatite

Variety Of: 

Talc

Formula: 
Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.05
Hardness: 
1.0
Formula: 
Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0

Quartz

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