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Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 40679
Mineral:Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals
Locality:Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine
Description:A single pink rose quartz crystal in a shallow cavity lined with yellow carbonate fluorapatite or cookeite microcrystals over white albite. For unknown reasons crystals of rose quartz occur at only a handful of localities. Collected in June 1969 by Cliff Trebilcock
Overall Size:3x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:0.2-6.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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