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Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Adularia


Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2, Adularia : KAlSi3O8

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Locality: Galenstock Mt., Tiefenbach, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
Beautiful dark smoky quartz crystals, almost "morion". The biggest, double terminated crystal is almost 13 cm long. Specimen size: 21 x 17 x 11 cm.


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