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Quartz & Chlorite

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Description
Locality: 
Chania, Crete, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.9 × 6.7 × 6 cm
Description

Here is a superb quartz specimen for the locality from the alpine type fissures in Crete. The piece hosts clear crystals that are partly sprinkled with green chlorite. Straight out of my personal collection.

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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