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Quartz With Graphite Inclusions

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Quartz With Graphite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm
Description

A doubly terminated quartz crystal with high transparency and clearly seen carbon inclusions. Please note the the quartz is so clear that the camera focuses on the inclusion causing them to look like they are on the surface- they are not.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Graphite

Formula: 
C
Strunz: 
1.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Peter Crozier Minerals