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Dickite Inclusions In Quartz

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Dickite Inclusions In Quartz

Charles Trantham Estate (1936-2020)
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Description
Locality: 
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm
Description

Inclusions of dickite in quartz from Magnet Cove, Arkansas.   Through the front transparent crystal face, cottonballs of dickite may be seen along the surface of a phantom crystal.   Through the back, frosted crystal surface many white balls may be seen just under the surface of the quartz.

From the estate of noted California field collector and dealer Charles Trantham.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dickite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Pant-y-Gaseg Mine, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey (Gwynedd; Anglesey), Wales, UK

Quartz

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

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