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Tridymite

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Tridymite

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Description
Locality: 
Big Lue Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.1 × 3 cm
Description

A rich miniature size specimen of tridymite from the Big Lue Mountains in southeastern Arizona.   This specimen is a vuggy volcanic matrix featuring sharp crystals of tridymite, a high temperature polymorph of quartz, in nearly every vug.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tridymite

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pedial
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cerro San Cristóbal, Mun. de Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico

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