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MGR796113

Rock Crystal & Tourmaline

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.1 × 4.8 cm
Description

Very are and uncommon material - water-clear, highly lustrous quartz crystals with minor inclusions of schorl - very thin needles inside the main crystals. For Alps this is a very uncommon and rare combination! The specimen is developed as floater and in fine condition damage-wise.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7