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Prase & Ilvaite

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Prase & Ilvaite

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Description
Locality: 
Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

A very uncommon style of prasem quartz from the most well-known locality for the variety in the world! This piece hosts two rusty crystals on white matrix, intergrown and translucent. On the matrix,one can see scattered ilvaite crystals. The quartz has to be mix of prasem and light amethyst, but one needs to clean them to be sure and cleaning them would ruin the effect. One contact of a missing crystal is present on the back of one crystal,but no damage!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Prase

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Ilvaite

Formula: 
CaFe2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BE.07
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Torre di Rio - Santa Filomena area (Monte della Torre), Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

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