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Quartz With Byssolite Inclusions

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Quartz With Byssolite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

A good specimen with sharp rock crystal points mostly of high transparency and some including dark green byssolite needles. 

(L)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

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