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Quartz & Chlorite

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Quartz & Chlorite

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Description
Locality: 
Chania, Crete, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17 × 11.5 × 7.1 cm
Description

Here is a large and rare, fine, representative example of quartz from the alpine type fissures of Chania in Crete. The piece hosts large, lustrous crystals of quartz that are partly included and sprinkled with green chlorite. The piece is in excellent condition.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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