Chalcedony

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Call number:
D52 (25)
Classification:
Oxides
Greek Minerals
Name:
Χαλκηδόνιος
Translated title:
Chalcedony
Place of origin:
Soufli / Thrace, Greece
Depositional environment:
Hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks
Description:
Rose-coloured chalcedony in botrioydal form. In this area the paragenesis includes transparent quartz, amethyst and zeolites in epithermal veins crosscutting submarine dacitic lavas.
Chemical formula:
SiO2
Crystal system:
Trigonal

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