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Byssolite In Rock Crystal

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Byssolite In Rock Crystal

Dr. Ing. H. Maucher, Munich
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Intschi Tobel, Intschi, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 2.7 cm
Description

A matrix specimen with white fibrous byssolite ("Amianth") as inclusions in transparent rock crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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