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Quartz & Dolomite

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Quartz & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Weißeck Area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.8 × 8.8 × 3.7 cm
Description

This is very rare material from this famous locality, which is usually well known for fluorite. This material came from only one, small cleft and it never came twice! Large dolomite crystals formed a floater, on it you can see thin, water-clear needles of rock crystal.Hard to photograph, better in person. Should be appreciated for it´s rarity.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White