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Quartz With Papagoite Inclusions & Epidote

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Quartz With Papagoite Inclusions & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Messina Mine, Musina, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Milky quartz crystals with phantoms and blue papagoite inclusions and small green epidote crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Papagoite

Formula: 
CaCu[H3AlSi2O9]
Strunz: 
9.CE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...