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Chalcedony

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Chalcedony

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Description
Locality: 
Monterufoli, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 6 cm
Weight: 
305.00gr
Description

This sample comes from the famous deposit, which was cultivated by The Medici family of Florence who in the sixteenth century extracted chalcedony for the production of jewels and artistic objects of the highest quality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey