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Realgar & Quartz

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Realgar & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Neo Kallintiri, Rhodope, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Realgar is very rare from Greece and this remote, rare locality has mostly produced masses of it. This piece is an exception as it hosts crystals of red realgar with little crystals of quartz!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Realgar

Formula: 
As4S4
Strunz: 
2.FA.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

Quartz

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

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