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Garnet Calcite & Smoky Quartz

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FRN154022

Garnet Calcite & Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4 × 3.8 cm
Description

A cluster of translucent smoky quartz associate with group of blade and white cream calcite set on the matrix of garnet.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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