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Quartz With Fossil Fungi Inclusions

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Quartz With Fossil Fungi Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Köster Quarry, Ambrock, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 0.9 × 1.3 cm
Description

A thumbnail of those uncommon and rare Quartz crystals with yellowish to light brownish fibrous inclusions of Goethite said to be caused by fungi/mycelia (most likely: order mucorales, oligocene-miocene). The quartz crystal is not complete but the fungi inclusions are delicate and very attractive. Early 1980s specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Fungi

Variety Of: 

Organic

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