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Calcite Quartz & Albite

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RBR768462

Calcite Quartz & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Scharans, Thusis, Hinterrhein, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.5 × 4.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.20cm
Description

Talk about interesting combinations and assemblies! On a grey schist matrix there are speckles of snow white well-sized albite crystals together with a water clear quartz crystal and yellowish etched calcite. The cleft contained only a few of such combinations where size, quality and paragnesis match so well, making it a very aesthetic showcase specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Quartz

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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