Template:Rock Crystal
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Rock Crystal (Clear Quartz) | |
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Chemical composition | Silicon Dioxide SiO2 |
Crystal system | Trigonal |
Habit | edit me |
Cleavage | poor |
Fracture | very brittle, conchoidal |
Hardness | 7 |
Optic nature | edit me |
Refraction index | 1.544 - 1.553 |
Birefringence | 0.009 |
Dispersion | 0.013 |
Specific gravity | |
Lustre | Vitreous |
Pleochroism | None |