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Smoky Quartz & Hematite

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RPL1040954

Smoky Quartz & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 10 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
136.00gr
Description

A large plate of well-formed quartz crystals on a hematite and quartz matrix. There are a couple of missing terminations and some peripheral damage but otherwise a nice bright specimen. The hematite is mostly inside each quartz crystal and overlays the smokey quartz colour. An interesting and curious combination. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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