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Quartz & Orthoclase

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Quartz & Orthoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Euba, Frankenberg, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 14 × 12 cm
Description

Lustrous colourless elongated quartz crystals with cream coloured orthoclase (paradoxite)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White