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Quartz & Chlorite

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Quartz & Chlorite

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Description
Locality: 
Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 9 × 7 cm
Description

This Chinese locality is famous for its clear quartz specimens but not so well known for its beautiful specimens of quartz included with chlorite and overgrown by a second generation of tiny quartz crystals. The larger included crystals show parallel growth patterns and their faces also display growth stepped patterns.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless

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