Mineral: Quartz
Locality: Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
Dimensions: 4.3x1.6x1 cm

Description: Close-up of previous photo, showing symmetrical repitition of x faces. It appears that the x faces are each actually 2 faces; perhaps a more adept crystallographer can tell me what the "extra" faces are?

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