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Quartz & Magnesite

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Quartz & Magnesite

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Description
Locality: 
Oberdorf an der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Very esthetic specimen, one side covered with good magnesite crystal, the other side is covered with smaller magnesite and clear trasparent quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Magnesite

Formula: 
MgCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Magnisía Prefecture (Magnesia), Thessalia Department (Thessaly), Greece