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Chalcedony Var Chrome-Chalcedony

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Chalcedony Var Chrome-Chalcedony

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mutorashanga, Zvimba District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 1 cm
Description

A good specimen of chromium chalcedony known as 'Mtorolite' named after its source in Zimbabwe. In terms of colour areas of this specimen are top quality from the locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey
Peter Crozier Minerals