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Quartz With Chlorite Inclusions

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Quartz With Chlorite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Tipling Mine, Ganesh Himal, Dhading District, Bagmati Pradesh, Nepal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 4.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A very tridimensional and attractive assemble of intergrown, sharp terminated rock crystals. The chlorite is inside the crystals and not a layer! So all faces are glossy and lustrous. Hard to photograph, much better in person. No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless