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Rock Crystal & Byssolite

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Rock Crystal & Byssolite

repaired!

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Description
Locality: 
Bristenstock, Bristen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Class: 
Artefact
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.20cm
Description

A repaired, transparent Rock crystal showing green fibrous inclusions of Byssolite. Comes with a handwritten early 20th century collection label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
Hardness: 
0.0

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0