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Smoky Quartz Var Faden Quartz

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Smoky Quartz Var Faden Quartz

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Triolet Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.8 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

This particular specimen is published in "Extra Lapis" about Mont Blanc on page 12. It is not just a common smoky quartz from a rare locality - it shows one most unique indicator - in the center you can see a significant "Faden" - it is smoky "Faden-Quartz" !!! The crystal is in perfect condition all around, the quality is suerb - water-clear without any cracks or inclusions (except the "Faden"), razor sharp terminated, dark red-brown color and there are this amazing modifications at the end-point. The specimen is even developed as floater - the bottom consists of tiny stpped, but sharp and also lustrous faces. Smoky Faden-Quartz is an out-standing rarity and so special that it became part of Extra-Lapis. Undamaged.

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