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Smoky Quartz Feldspar & Spessartine

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Smoky Quartz Feldspar & Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 3.5 cm
Description

A plate of well defined feldspar crystals, with smoky quartz points and scattered, gemmy red spessartine garnets. There is an internal fracture on one side of the big crystal, but the point is intact.

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

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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