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Gitter Quartz On Orthoclase

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Gitter Quartz On Orthoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Lattice Quartz Locality, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.6 × 3 cm
Weight: 
22.00gr
Description

Gitter quartz (or Lattice quartz) is a rare form of growth. It can be confused by similar Japanese twinned quartz, but they are not. This specimen is a good representative aggregate of intergrown gitter quartz crystals, some double-terminated, that grew epitaxially in four directions out of the faces of a prismatic orthoclase crystal, still present at the centre, with some coatings of green chlorite.

The general condition is very good. Found in 03/2020.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gitter Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White

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