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Quartz With Chlorite Inclusions

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Quartz With Chlorite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Törlkopf, Seebach Valley, Ankogel, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

A crazy assemble of intergrown rock crystals - nearly formed like a cross. The tips are not broken; all is crystalized. Inclusions of dark green chlorite help to give great contrast to the piece. The faces are partly glossy.

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