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Byssolite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Lötschen Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm
Description

White green fibrous byssolite on a matrix of metamorphic rock. Most byssolite is free standing but they are also included in the transparent quartz crystals.

Ex. Marcel Cromphout specimen, #2171.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

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

Quartz

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

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