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Quartz on Goethite with Quartz

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
Quartz on Goethite with Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
 

HGB96CD2: Druse of Quartz crystals with acicular Goethite crystals, partially coated by a second generation of transparent Quartz, very shiny, and forming growths between stalagmitic and globular, completely hyaline.
This type of formation in the goethites of Sidi Rahal is rarely seen, and it has been seen in old or very old pieces like this one.
Sidi Rahal, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.2 × 5.8 cm = 3.03” × 2.44” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”




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