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Rock Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Grieswies, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 4.8 × 4.1 cm
Description

Very special and uncommon habit, some faces show fine luster, backside only satiny luster. There is an amazing texture on all faces, and clarity of this crystal is fine as well. Backside of the tip is not sharp, seems it has no room to grow on the last few millimeters. The loaclity is inside the national park "Hohe Taueren", digging and collecting is prohibited there since decades, material is much more rare than from other alpine regions and very hard to obtain. no significant damages to report, better in person.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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