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Quartz With Dolomite

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FRN94606

Quartz With Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

Cluster of quartz crystal that are aesthetic covered by red crust with snow white dolomite “flower” dotted on the side.

One of the quartz has a nature dehiscence tip; the tip was intergrowth to the quartz crystal nearby and together covered by dolomite.

Several small chalcopyrite crystals coved with marmatite nested on the bottom of the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Oriental Minerals