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Quartz & Hematite

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Quartz & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Chania, Crete, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm
Description

Nice and unusual quartz specimen from Crete. The piece is technically a floater with all areas being covered with crystals of being recrystallized. More than half of the main group of crystals are black due to black inclusions of what seems to be black hematite (but I am not entirely certain). The condition is excellent and the luster is fine. A nice and rare, collectible quartz specimen from the alpine-type fissures of Crete, near Chania.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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