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Garnet Quartz & Biotite Gneiss

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Garnet Quartz & Biotite Gneiss

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Description
Locality: 
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 10 × 5.5 cm
Description

Split down from a huge Antarctic specimen that I had, to produce a number of more manageable sized pieces!
This is a Garnet Biotite Quartz Gneiss from the Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth land. Antarctica.

This specimen was acquired prior to the minerals treaty, so it is perfectly fine to own.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Biotite

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

Gneiss

Variety Of: 

Metamorphic Rock

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