Rainbow Quartz

Synonym used for iris quartz, especially in Japan. (Note that the term "rainbow quartz" has also been used for other types of quartz, including those showing internal interference colours caused by fractures ("crack rainbows"), and interference colours caused by superficial thin films of limonite or other minerals.) http://mindat.org/article.php/1335/Iris+Quartz

Structural context

Quartz
Crystal System trigonalCrystal Class trigonal trapezohedralSpace Group P3121

Chemical context

Stoichiometric formulas

Rainbow Quartz
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Physical properties

ColorColor entities, recognized using a custom trained NER model
  • colorless
  • rose
                  Color noteOriginal color note from the source
                  Colorless, purple, rose, red, black, yellow, brown, green, blue, orange, etc.
                  StreakStreak entities, recognized using a custom trained NER model
                    Streak noteOriginal streak note from the source
                    White
                    Lustre
                    Vitreous
                    Fracture
                    Conchoidal
                    Transparency
                    Transparent
                    Translucent
                    Luminescence
                    Triboluminescent
                    Tenacity
                    brittle
                    Hardness
                    7
                    Measured density
                    2.65—2.66
                    Calculated density
                    2.66