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Quartz On Hematite

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Quartz On Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Egremont, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.5 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.40cm
Description

A group of red botryoidal hematite overgrowth by lustrous pseudo-bipyramidal quartz that reach 24 mm in size. The piece is very nice on the hand, with both sides crystallized.

From the recently acquired collection of Marcel Cromphout, #1154, who bought it in 1989.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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