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Smoky Quartz With Hematite

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MGR504085

Smoky Quartz With Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Plattenberg, Länta, Vals Valley, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

This combination is famous from the locality. The quartz shows light smoky color, termination is sharp, faces are very glossy. The hematite formed sharp tabular crystals, all of the highly lustrous. Most of the bottom is healed, only a small area at the bottom was extracted from the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0