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Quartz & Schorl

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Quartz & Schorl

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Description
Locality: 
Chywoon Quarry, Longdowns, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Weight: 
83.00gr
Description

Black prisms of schorl to 25mm or so in length are shot through the granite matrix and a lustrous terminated quartz crystal.

An example of a 'simple' pegmatite from this location.

Collected: 
10/04/1999
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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