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Spessartine & Smoky Quartz

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Spessartine & Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.9 × 11 × 6.4 cm
Description

Well known and incredible fine combination specimen from China, spessartine on smoky quartz. The matrix specimen is loaded in several light coloured and well terminated crystals of smoky quartz which are arranged in a sculptural and eye-catching way. Except the tips of the smokys, everything is completely covered in hundrets of intense reddish to orange and highlyl lustrous and sparkling spessartin crystals.

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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