Quartz, Hematite
Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium
This is one of the largest quartz plates recovered from the vug discovered in August of 2011 by André Demory. The specimen is quite free of dammage wich is not obvious from this find. Red hematite is dusted on preferentiel faces of the crystals. There is a nice 68 mm. long biterminated crystal off center right.
The specimen is pictured in the ...
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