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Spessartine & Smoky Quartz

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Spessartine & Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Bright orange, gemmy trapezohedra of spessartine with transparent smoky quartz blanket covered on the feldspar matrix. Several gemmy smoky quartz crystals with spessartine inclusion set on the matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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