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Smoky Quartz & Anatase

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Smoky Quartz & Anatase

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Description
Locality: 
Hardangervidda, Vestland, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
7.80cm
Weight: 
61.00gr
Description

A lovely example of a large single smoky quartz crystal which has 6 small, gemmy blue anatase crystal inclusions. These are focused in the area of the smokies termination. The colour of the quartz crystal indicates that it originated from deeper within the workings at the site, with the smoky colour possibly having been caused by natural radioactivity from the host phyllite rock. Quartz crystals from nearer the surface of the deposit tend to be colourless having been bleached by the sunlight.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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