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Smoky Quartz On Pericline

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Smoky Quartz On Pericline

Former collection Berthold Suhner (CH)
Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Sinai, South Sinai, Egypt
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.9 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Weight: 
149.00gr
Description

A matrix group of smoky quartz crystals perched on granitoid matrix along with white feldspar from Mount Sinai.
Good lustre and transparency, some peripheral contacts as depicted.

The specimen comes from the Swiss collection Berthold Suhner, which dates back to the '70s-'80s.

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

Pericline

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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