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Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

The faces of all crystals show amazing modifications, which are all sharp terminated and very glossy. The base consists of inter grown crystals and also small matrix. On it you can see this crazy assemble of elongated, elegant crystals. It was horrible difficult to show details on a photo. You have to imagine that each side of each crystal consist of hundred tiny faces. But you would need a mirror for each side of all crystals to capture the luster of all these uncountable faces. 

The freestanding main group is undamaged, one crystal next to the smaller one is broken . The assemble is 3-dimensional, the specimen looks fantastic in various positions and backside is not less attractive. The specimen was found in 1970 and comes with an old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

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