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Smoky Quartz & Microcline

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Smoky Quartz & Microcline

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Sinai, South Sinai, Egypt
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 6 × 7 cm
Weight: 
157.00gr
Description

Fine and well formed smoky quartz crystal up to 70 mm long  with Microcline and curius mass Manganese oxide  .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