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Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Lagares do Estanho Mines, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu District, Portugal
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very aesthetic sample!

The main quartz crystal has rough faces and he have a second generation of biterminated and clear crystals.

A 'pedigree sample', from one of the most important Sn mines in Portugal.

Collected: 
2006
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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