Quartz with Siderite

Specimen ID: 8NT-CW4

Title
Quartz with Siderite
Locality
As recorded:
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia  Spain
Dimensions
98mm x 72mm x 60mm
Description
Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very short prism and coated by a second generation of micro-crystalline Quartz. With small Siderite crystals. San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia  Spain Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.2 × 6 cm = 3.86” × 2.83” × 2.36” Main crystal size: 5.5 × 4.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.81”
Previous data
Mineral(s)
Siderite, QuartzNone listed
Name withheld

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Reference: TE76AG0 Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very short prism and coated by a second generation of micro-crystalline Quartz. With small Siderite crystals. San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia  Spain Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.2 × 6 cm = 3.86” × 2.83” × 2.36” Main crystal size: 5.5 × 4.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.81”
Jordi Fabre - 25th September 2021
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