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Quartz In Marble

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Quartz In Marble

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Euhedral hyaline quartz crystal implanted in a cavity that lined by calcite crystals, in a sawn marble matrix. No damages. Classic European locality.

Acquired in 1995.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Marble

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0

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