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Chalcedony

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Locality: 
Three Mile Creek, Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Here is a fine example from this find some years ago. Most people would call this a rosette, but to me it looks more like a serpent or bowel. In any case this is not the standard chalcedony specimen we see and I'm told it's fluorescent, although never tested it. No damage.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

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