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Quartz Var Eisenkiesel

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Quartz Var Eisenkiesel

Dipl. Ing. W. Maucher, Munich
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Iserlohn, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 9 × 5 cm
Weight: 
733.00gr
Description

A historic example with a large amount of intergrown Eisenkiesel crystals from Iserlohn. Each individual crystal is about 1-3 mm thick and 4-6 mm long.

Comes with an early 20th century label of famous german dealer Wilhelm Maucher (1879-1930), Munich.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Eisenkiesel

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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