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Chlorite In Quartz

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Chlorite In Quartz

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Locality: 
Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

A deceivingly simple specimen until you look a little closer. Around the base of this specimen are acouple of chlorite rosettes, the chlorite continues up the quartz as an inclusion. The centre quartz is not a single crystal but rather a series of doubly terminated quartz laid against each other. the specimen structure is further enhanced by a number of quartz crystal radiating from the central column,

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

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

Quartz

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