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Quartz Var Eisenkiesel

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Quartz Var Eisenkiesel

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Warstein, Soest, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 1.3 cm
Description

Nice example of the rare so-called Funghi quartz crystals from Warstein: Clear quartz crystals with fibrous inclusions of limonite, in scientific publications described as pseudomorphs after archaea bacteria.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Eisenkiesel

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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