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Quartz var. Amethyst with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

 
Quartz var. Amethyst with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

DESCRIPTION:No. 37806
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst with Dolomite
Locality:Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Description:Flat plate of colorless quartz crystals up to 8 mm with brown dolomite crystals up to 1 mm on selected faces of the quartz. A second generation of purple amethyst crystals up 17 mm grew on the quartz. One crystal tip is chipped. Collected May 2007
Overall Size:6.5x4.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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