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Quartz Psm Anhydrite

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SNJ102537

Quartz Psm Anhydrite

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Description
Locality: 
Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 4.7 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.80cm
Description

 This specimen is from a well known, but rather small pocket on the Ouray Fault. Some of the best quartz psm anhydrite epimorphs came from here. An excellent opportunity for the Colorado or epimorph collector.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Anhydrite

Formula: 
CaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Salt mine, Hall valley, Hall, Innsbruck, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
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