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Stellerite & Quartz

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Stellerite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Garrawilla Station, Pottinger County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 3.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

An attractive specimen featuring drusy milky quartz crystals partially coating well crystallised orange stellerite on a fine grained basaltic matrix. No damage. Displays well.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stellerite

Formula: 
Ca4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Mednyi Island, Commander Islands (Komandorskije ostrova), Bering Sea, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...

Quartz

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