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Smoky Quartz Microcline Cleavelandite

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Smoky Quartz Microcline Cleavelandite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Sinai, South Sinai, Egypt
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 8.5 × 6.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Weight: 
155.00gr
Description

Very nice Smoky Quartz crystal up to 40 mm associated with Microcline crystal up to 20 mm all on a carpet of light-pink Cleavelandite crystals up to 10 mm

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

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0