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Quartz

New Discovery

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Description
Locality: 
Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 8.5 × 5.3 cm
Description

This is from a new discovery in India. The whole discovery was around 1t., but only a small part of it is in quality for advanced collectors. There are nearly o undamaged pieces, also this here is not perfect. I know that many of these specimen get restored and filled, but natural undamaged pieces are nearly none. So what we have here is a great, eye-catching piece in fine quality - the crystals are almost parallel inter-grown. There are different steps of quality from this find - lot of them are on satiny luster, with less clarity - this particular specimen features a good luster and all crystals are mostly water-clear - the typical indicator of this discovery is well visible: each crystal shows sharp deep red phantoms. You can see it inside each of these numerous crystals. Their assemble is built up like a fan.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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