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Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Rosso, Castelnovo ne' Monti, Reggio Emilia Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Excellent and aesthetic black quartz from this famous discovery. The quartz is black because of bituminous inclusions ant it clearly stands out on the white of the anhydrite rock matrix giving a very aesthetic effect.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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