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Fuchsite In Quartz

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Fuchsite In Quartz

Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Witbank, Orange River, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5.2 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Description

A superb pretty specimen of green quartz that came out from Witbank, Northern Cape on the Orange River. Some light contact on the main point. Green quartz is very rare on the Orange river...

Weight: 92 gr.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fuchsite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Formula: 
K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0

Quartz

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