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Smoky Quartz & Byssolite

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MGR887697

Smoky Quartz & Byssolite

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Description
Locality: 
Maderanertal, Uri, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 6.4 × 4.4 cm
Description

A well shaped smoky quartz set on a well formed mother-rock. One side of the smoky is covered with dark green chlorite, the other sides are highly lustrous. A nice sample from a more uncommon alpine locality.

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

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0