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Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 4 cm
Weight: 
60.00gr
Description

Quartz specimens from Tsumeb are a rarity. This one is out of a mid twentieth century collection from a miner in Tsumeb which we achieved in a metal overseas chest. All specimens were still wrapped in namibian newspaper dated back to 1972.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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