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German Antarctica Expedition GANOVEX I

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Description
Locality: 
Litell Rocks, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Clear quartz crystals with minor light green prehnite on matrix.

This specimen was found during the first German Antarctica Expedition GANOVEX I 1979/80

Rare locality

Ex collection Dipl. Min Ulrich Vetter, Hannover

Comes with a - copy - of the original label from the mineralogist of this expedition.

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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