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Spessartine & Smoky Quartz

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Spessartine & Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Weishan Mine, Weishan County, Jining, Shandong Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.2 × 7.3 × 3.7 cm
Description

Deep red spessartine crystal blanket covered a microcline matrix with smoky quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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