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Smoky Quartz

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Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Hochalpl, Untersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm
Description

The relation of quantity between East and West Alps is about 1:500. So each smoky from the Austrian part of Alps in at leat 10 times more rare than from Switzerland, so this one should be high ranke for the rare locality - and the quality of this crystal is compareable with good quality from Switzerland - the termination is razor sharp, clarity is excellent and the color is also fine! Complete and on same high quality all around, 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