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Quartz Siderite Chlorite & Limonite

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Quartz Siderite Chlorite & Limonite

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Description
Locality: 
Kresti Hill, Kato Vrontou, Kato Nevrokopi Basin, Drama, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 4.6 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.30cm
Description

This is a very interesting locality specimen. It is the best quartz example from the skarn zones of Kato Nevrokopi! Pseudomorphs of limonite after siderite are forming cluster of brown, rhombohedral crystals and they are sitting atop or next to lustrous trasnparent quartz crystals with numerous inclusions! The inclusions in the quartz attracted most of the locality collectors who bought the vast majority of the specimens. I was keeping this one -the best from this find- for my personall collection. There must be at least 4 different minerals included in the quartz. Interesting and very good locality specimen!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless

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