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Quartz & Hedenbergite

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Quartz & Hedenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3 × 6.1 cm
Description

Fine sharp opaque green quartz crystal just over 3 cm in length set nicely on a matrix coated by micro andradite. 

The green color is due to thick hedenbergite inclusions.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden
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