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"Herkimer-style" Quartz With Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
La Facciata Quarry, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 5.2 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Weight: 
321.00gr
Description

Dramatic small cabinet marble specimen featuring herkimer-type diamond quartz from the famous Carrara marble quarries.
The specimen features at least three double terminated crystals with incredible lustre and transparency, and despite laying on an all-white calcite laden matrix, the contrast is still striking.

The lustre and transparency are so strong that it is truly very hard to depict the crystals. The specimen has been sawn cut into several parts to reduce the excess matrix - however this does not distract from the quality!

Great quality for the locality, quartzes of this kind are increasingly scarcer in the last 10-15 years.

A must-have specimen! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

"Herkimer-style" Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Group Parent: 
Quartz

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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