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Quartz

New Discovery

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Description
Locality: 
Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.7 × 9.9 × 5 cm
Description

Exceptionall cluster of several quartz crystals featuring perfect shaped phantoms of blood red hematite inclusions all threw the specimen. The tips fd the phantoms show a more purple colour while the lower part of them is kept in red. This excellent piece is from a recent new discovery at this site in India.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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