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Smoky Quartz & Microcline With Epidote

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Smoky Quartz & Microcline With Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Sinai, South Sinai, Egypt
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 8 × 4.5 cm
Weight: 
545.00gr
Description

Fine and top sample with smoky Quartz up to 35mm long  studded of numerous elongated crystals of Epidote and Microcline. This sample comes from central area of the Sinai peninsula, in a very inaccessible area characterized by a large granite pluto.

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

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...