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Helvite, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Albite


Helvite : Mn2+4Be3[S|(SiO4)3], Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2, Albite : Na[AlSi3O8]

Photo Copyright © William C. van Laer, 2008  - This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Helvite terahedrons on matrix of white albite and smoky quartz crystals; found west of Glens Peak. Overall size 3.6 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm. This and other similar specimens were found by some one else who cleaned out a miarolitic cavity on a large boulder of granite; they kept the smoky quartz but left me a number of large helvites on top of the boulder; the easiest collecting I've ever experienced!

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