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Laumontite & Quartz

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Laumontite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Pine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Creme colored laumontite crystals with a fishtail termination hosting quartz crystals.. (The specimen was stabilized obviously)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Laumontite

Formula: 
CaAl2Si4O12·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Huelgoat (Locmaria-Berrien), Finistère, Brittany, France

Quartz

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