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Smoky Quartz & Albite

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Smoky Quartz & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
21 × 8 × 3.5 cm
Description

A matrix plate hosting lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals with white albite crystals

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden