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Topaz Zinnwaldite & Quartz

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Topaz Zinnwaldite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Tin Mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Weight: 
27.00gr
Description

Very nice typical parallel growths up to 20 mm, between columnar and fibrous, with uniform yellow color and on matrix, with Quartz and Zinnwaldite. This kind of Topaz, historically well known as the variety Pyknite, is a classic of German mineralogy.

Mineral Data
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Topaz

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
8.0
Streak: 
White

Quartz

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

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9.50
EUROPE ( AREA 1)
13.50
AMERICAN - UK - ASIA - AFRICA - OCEANIA ( AREA 2/3):
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