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Smoky Quartz

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Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.8 × 1 cm
Description

Well terminated, sharp, transparent smoky quartz crystals from Malawi. I have obtained a couple of these specimens both of which have an interesting feature where smaller colourless rock crystals ride piggyback on the larger smoky quartz crystals.

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
Peter Crozier Minerals