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Anatase & Quartz

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Anatase & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Hardangervidda, Vestland, Norway
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 5.1 × 3.1 cm
Description

Here we have a wonderful combination specimen from Norway. An esthetic and eye-catching quartz crystal cluster which is made up of dozens of intergrown crystals and one even double terminated main crystal. Between the quartz there are more than a dozen of metallic lustrous and well developed anatase crystals which give an incredible contrast to the piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Quartz

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