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Quartz & Dolomite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
La Sassa, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.85 × 3.94 × 0.9 cm
Description

Rare fluorescent yellow quartz in dolomite. Pics are in UV-SW and natural light.Unique and first found in the 1970's in a Calcite / Dolomite outcrop near the village of La Sassa.. Analysed by the British Museum in 1972 and confirmed to be a rare occurance of fluoresent quartz.
The quartz fluoresces under all UV wavelengths (SW-MW-LW).

a rare artichoke quartz which is typical of an environment where conditions forced a rapid growth of the crystalline aggregate, and has an abundance of trace elements like (UO2)2+, REEs, PAH, Al, Na, B, Li, Zr, and F

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

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