Quartz vein in granite. Close-up of a quartz vein (white) running through a granite rock face with multiple faults (cracks). The reddish stains are fr

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Quartz vein in granite. Close-up of a quartz vein (white) running through a granite rock face with multiple faults (cracks). The reddish stains are from areas of weathered limonite - an iron-containing mineral.

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