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Quartz Var Ticino & Actinolite

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Quartz Var Ticino & Actinolite

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Description
Locality: 
Kagara Zinc Mine, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm
Description

Thin prismatic specimen of Tessin Quartz richly included by green acicular actinolite crystals. Specimens from this historical Australian mines at the Mount Garnet are scarcely present in collections.

Acquired in 1996. Ex Jan Sibtsen #274.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Actinolite

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White

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