Mineral: Quartz (variety gwindel)
Locality: Fiescher Glacier area, Fiesch, Goms, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Dimensions: 15,0 x 7,0 x 18,0 cm
Description: Main crystal size : 18,0 cm
Large intact and well terminated gwindel quartz, almost colorless, with some faces very smooth and others lightly covered with chlorite. The twisting angle is very visible.
MIM number 1666
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu)
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