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Blue Quartz & Dolomite

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Blue Quartz & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Camino del Agudo, Los Vives, Orihuela, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 6 × 5 cm
Weight: 
295.00gr
Description

Excellent piece of blue quartz on matrix of dolomite and porphyry.
Some crystals have inclusions of hematite and the edges of some crystals have a violet tonality.
The crystals of this site are usually opaque, but are so rare that represent a good example of this small site.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Blue Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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