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Smoky Quartz

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Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Breitkopf, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

First I have to mention, that smoky quartz from Austrian Alps is much mroe rare than from Switzerland. In Switzerland there are much more localities and clefts and everyone can buy a permit for field collectins. In Austria Alps you have much less clefts and most localities are inside the National Park "Hohe Tauern", where field collecting is prohibited. So you should rank this crystal much higher than material from Switzerland, caused by it´s rarity. This particular crystals shows very good, dark warm red brown color - such intense color makes it even more special for Austria. The crystal is sharp terminated all around and all faces are lustrous. Also it is water-clear and there are no internal cracks. Really very fine quality. No significant damages to report.

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