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Smoky Quartz With Epidote Inclusions & Calcite

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Smoky Quartz With Epidote Inclusions & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Zaaiplaats, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
7.20cm
Description

A very interesting smoky quartz crystal group. Very nice phantoms showing against backlight. Green and red inclusions - the one being epidote, the other, as stated by original ID, is supposed to be 'manganepidote' (a synonym of piemontite, thulite) . One side covered with flaky calcite crystals, which could be removed to view the inside of these quartz phantoms better.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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