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Smoky Quartz & Spessartine

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FRN154000

Smoky Quartz & Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

Bright orange, gemmy trapezohedra of spessartine scatted on the double terminated transparent Smoky Quartz crystals. There are some pits on the quartz crystal which cause by spessartine crystal previously exists.

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

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Oriental Minerals