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Sceptre Quartz With Laumontite & Calcite

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Sceptre Quartz With Laumontite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Băiuț, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

A sharp sceptred quartz crystal stands proud of calcite crystals up to 3 cm across, with minor laumontite. Hard to photograph and nicer in person.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sceptre Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Laumontite

Formula: 
CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Huelgoat (Locmaria-Berrien), Finistère, Brittany, France

Calcite

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