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Quartz & Ankerite

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Quartz & Ankerite

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Description
Locality: 
Laki, Laki Obshtina, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5 × 6 cm
Weight: 
65.00gr
Description

Quartz crystal cluster with thick, chokolate brown coating of ankerite. A quite unusual specimen!

Condition: excellent!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Ankerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

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