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Albite & Quartz

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Albite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Piz Beverin, Mathon, Schams, Hinterrhein, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

Sharp white albite crystals hosting lustrous transparent quartz crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Albite

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

Quartz

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