Quartz

DI 2-15, March 2003

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Location:

Zederhaus, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria

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Description:

A quartz specimen with an unusual habit: the crystals are flat with three dominating surfaces and three dominating prisms. The two main crystals are double terminated and partially covered with a second generation of small quartz crystals and some chlorite. The surfaces are covered with a shiny snowy layer. The crystallization is on a thin green schist matrix. Undamaged.

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Size: 9.3 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm

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