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Rock Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Auernig, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.9 × 3.7 × 3.4 cm
Description

The crystal is waterclear, faces show very interesting texture and are partly glossy. Greenish inclusions and layer of Chlorite at the base. Bottom is rehealed. Minor contact is present. The locality usually produce smaller crystals or intergrown clusters. A crystal in this dimension is very good for the locality. Auernigg don´t produce much quantity and so the specimen represents an alpine rarity. No significant damages to report.

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