Morion

ID	370
Mineral	Morion
Location	Fellital - Uri - Switzerland
Fluorescence	LW-UV: close SW-UV: close
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Mindat data

ID	3689
Long ID	1:1:3689:0
IMA Status	0 1
Variety of	3337
Entry type	2
Description	A smoky-gray, brown to black variety of quartz that owes its color to gamma irradiation and the presence of traces of aluminum built into its crystal lattice (Griffiths et al, 1954; O'Brien, 1955). The irradiation causes the aluminum Al(+3) atoms that ...
Diapheny	Transparent,Translucent
Colour	gray, brown, black
Hardness (min)	7.0
Hardness (max)	7.0
Lustre	Vitreous
Crystal System	Trigonal

Price: € 20

Dimensions: Not registered

Weight: 13 g

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Notes:

Symbol	Element
O	Oxygen
Si	Silicium