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Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Große Fleiß Valley, Heiligenblut am Großglockner, Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.5 × 5.5 × 5.2 cm
Description

A fantastic crystal! The specimen shows excellent clarity. Minor chlorite layer helps to give a very tridimensional visula impact to the piece. The luster of the crystal is fantastic. Also the dimension is outstanding - a giant crystal is this quality is very rare and very hard to obtain. The locality makes the piece even more special. In Switzerland and France everyone can buy a permit and go out for field-colleting. But in Austria a stupid regulation makes it impossible to dig for crystals in the entire area of the National Park - even without this regulation quantity was never compareable to Switzerland, and with this limitation material on this level is really very rare! No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
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Quartz

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