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Quartz With Petroleum Inclusions

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Quartz With Petroleum Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1 × 1.4 cm
Description

An interesting crystal of "Herkimer Diamond" style quartz containing hydrocarbon inclusion.

Very nice  terminated crystal has small chambers containing contrast yellow petroleum oil fluid inclusions. Some of the fluid inclusion chambers contains air bubbles floating upward or downward on movining the crystal in various directions, The air bubbles usually composed of water vapor, methane, or carbon dioxide. The yellow fluid inclusion chambers are fluorescent under both SW , LW light.

A very nice crystal , minor naturally cut marking and etching at one side.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

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