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Topaz Quartz & Microcline Var Amazonite

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Topaz Quartz & Microcline Var Amazonite

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Description
Locality: 
Spitzkopje Area, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 8.5 × 7 cm
Description

Very nice example of the rarer matrix specimens from the Spitzkopje area.

Found in 2005.

Whitish/colourless so called "silver topaz" crystal with light smoky quartz and microcline (slightly amazonitic) on pegmatite/granite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Topaz

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
8.0
Streak: 
White

Quartz

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

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Amazonite

Variety Of: 

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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Best regards Roger