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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: 
5 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Waterclear quartz crystals with prehnite on massive white quartz matrix.

The specimen was found during the first german antarctica expedition GANOVEX I 1979/80 .

Ex collection Dipl.Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover - mineralogist of this expedition.

Comes with a - copy - of his handwritten label.

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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