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Smoky Quartz & Hematite

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Smoky Quartz & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7 × 12 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
180.00gr
Description

A plate of well formed quartz crystals on a thin hematite and quartz matrix. Two crystals on the main display face are damaged and there are a few minor nicks near the edge but still a nice bright cabinet specimen. On the display face the hematite is inside each quartz crystal so most crystals are half smokey quartz and half reddish hematite. An interesting and curious combination.  

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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