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Smoky Quartz Epimorphs

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Smoky Quartz Epimorphs

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

lovely reflective smoky quartz crystals lining the epimorph cavities of an unknown mineral (possibly calcite). An interesting and unusual specimen. Much more attractive in real life as it was very difficult to represent it's complex shape in photography.

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
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