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Blue Quartz & Spodumene

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Blue Quartz & Spodumene

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Description
Locality: 
Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Well doubly terminated gemmy quartz incombination with spodumene , the blue color of quartz is due to tourmaline inclusion.

Undamaged.

The specimen could further be cleaned.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Blue Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Spodumene

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Colour: 
colorless, yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden

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