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Clinozoisite & Quartz

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Clinozoisite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Los Serranos Quarry, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.3 × 6.2 × 4.1 cm
Description

Very nice group of clinozoisite crystals and transparent quartz in a porphyryc matrix.
This is an old piece, and comes from the last blast of the quarry.
This quarry is now stopped and no longer specimens of quality are found.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinozoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Gösleswand (Goslerwand), Prägraten, Virgen Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Quartz

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

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