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Hyalite On Quartz

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Hyalite On Quartz

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Painter, Arkaroola Region, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.7 × 3.2 cm
Description

A thick quartz finger is decorated with two generations of opal-An var hyalite.

The first generation of hyalite is white and fluoresces white, the second generation of clear clear hyalite fluoresces a bright lime green as can be seen in the photos.

This is an extremely remote location and can only be reached via a three hour rugged hike into this extremely beautiful and desolate part of the northern Flinders Ranges.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hyalite

Variety Of: 

Opal

Formula: 
SiO2·nH2O
Strunz: 
4.DA.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
SiO2·nH2O
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

Quartz

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