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Anhydrite In Quartz

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Anhydrite In Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Forno Glacier, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A water clear crystal of Quartz reveals two white-yellowish casts of Anhydrite  crystals that have developed inside it.

Quite an unusual alpine specimen that I had rarely the opportunity to see!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anhydrite

Formula: 
CaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Salt mine, Hall valley, Hall, Innsbruck, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Quartz

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

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