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Quartz var. Gwindel-habit from Val Giuv, Grischun (Graubünden), Switzerland

 
Quartz var. Gwindel-habit from Val Giuv, Grischun (Graubünden), Switzerland

Quartz var. Gwindel-habit from Val Giuv, Grischun (Graubünden), Switzerland

Quartz var. Gwindel-habit from Val Giuv, Grischun (Graubünden), Switzerland

Quartz var. Gwindel-habit from Val Giuv, Grischun (Graubünden), Switzerland

DESCRIPTION:No. 42141
Mineral:Quartz var. Gwindel-habit
Locality:Val Giuv, Grischun (Graubünden), Switzerland
Description:Transparent pale-smoky quartz crystals with glassy crystal faces on milky quartz matrix. The quartz crystals exhibit Gwindel-habit (twisted stacked aggregate of doubly-terminated crystals). Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #278; acquired in 1978 from Pala
Overall Size:5.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:28-32 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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