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Siderite & Quartz

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Siderite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 5.4 × 2.7 cm
Description

This is a beautiful combination piece of medium olive-brown rhombohedral Siderite accompanied by colourless-clear Rockcrystals. Both species are well developed, sharp and lustrous. Partially there are small tombac-coloured metallic crystals of hexagonal Chalcopyrite scattered over the specimen. This piece is high of contrast and aesthetics.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Quartz

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