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Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

 
Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 39449
Mineral:Quartz
Locality:Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Description:Doubly-terminated milky quartz crystals with few fragments of limonite-stained matrix attached on one end. The bottom surfaces of the quartz are completely crystallized with many smaller parallel faces giving an etched appearance. Ex. Steve Chamberlain collection #271; originally collected in 1960
Overall Size:9x5x4.5 cm
Crystals:1-70 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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