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Quartz Albite & Chlorite

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Quartz Albite & Chlorite

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Description
Locality: 
Tipling Mine, Ganesh Himal, Dhading District, Bagmati Pradesh, Nepal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm
Weight: 
7.00gr
Description

Perfect, small rock crystal specimen with chlorite on albite. The main crystal have a double peak (two crystals).
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless