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Quartz With Chlorite

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Quartz With Chlorite

found 1982

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Description
Locality: 
Burgum Alp, Vizze Valley, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

There's so much chlorite in and on this double-terminated rock crystal you might think it has been completely pseudomorphosed.

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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