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Quartz Var Amethyst

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Quartz Var Amethyst

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Sinai, South Sinai, Egypt
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 5 cm
Weight: 
34.00gr
Description

Aesthetic polychrome crystal   with zoned color from Amethyst to Smoky.  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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple