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Quartz Var Ticino

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Quartz Var Ticino

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Description
Locality: 
Ruinó Valley, Bedretto Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.5 × 4.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.50cm
Description

Beautiful and gemmy rock crystal with minor siderite on matrix.

Nice specimen from Hoffmann collection - collected 1984.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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