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Hematite Quartz & Muscovite

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Hematite Quartz & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Mörchnerkar, Finkenberg, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.9 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

All over covered with Hematite some as "Iron Rose", quartz and muscovite.There is some damage but the biggest "iron rose" of  2.0cm is undamaged. Specimen with so many "iron roses" on matrix and in this dimension are rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Quartz

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White