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Rock Crystal Var Gwindel

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Rock Crystal Var Gwindel

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Description
Locality: 
Mohmand Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 6 × 5.6 cm
Description

First of all: this specimen is much better in person - it features two free-standing gwindel on matrix. One behind the other and so they don´t look as water-clear as they actually are. They are sharp terminated and the faces show excellent luster - most gwindel from the locality show less luster, but this one is compare-able with good quality from Alps - and colorless rock- crystal gwindels are much more rare than smoky gwindels. And the most important indicator: they are on matrix. Really very uncommon and excellent quality.

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

Gwindel

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0