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Smoky Quartz With Orthoclase

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Smoky Quartz With Orthoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Zufurt Quarry, Tröstau, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6 × 2.5 cm
Description

A pegmatite specimen showing a crystal of orthoclase and smoky quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White