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Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 8 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

Quartz crystals with kaolin inclusions giving almost a pearl appearance to the specimen. Very unusual terminations.

An early specimen collected in the 1970's

No damage just a small cleave on the back of the specimen where it was joined to the host rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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