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Liddicoatite & Quartz

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MGR562096

Liddicoatite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Tompoambohitra, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 1.9 × 1.8 cm
Description

I show 3 photos, the one on light background shows the crystal without any backlight - so you can see that translucency is very good! The crystal is sharp developed and faces are very glossy. The crystals on the main crystal are no further liddicoatite crystals - this are sharp terminated, glossy quartz crystals. At the bottom you can see a very small zoning with pink and green, then a larger area with intense red color, then yellow, finally a sharp red zoning and green color at the top. Very unusual colors with very good saturation.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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