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Rock Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Grieswies, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.1 × 2.9 cm
Description

A waterclear, lustrous crystal! The faces show a very attractive texture, teh crystal is complete and on same high quality all around. Rock crystals from Austria are much more rare than from Switzerland, only based on rarity it should be ranked high for the east-alpine locality. The area is part of the National Park "Hohe Tauern", field collecting is prohibited and material is hard to obtian. No significant damages to report, better in person.

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