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Quartz var. Banded Agate with Amethyst Quartz from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

 
Quartz var. Banded Agate with Amethyst Quartz from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Banded Agate with Amethyst Quartz from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Banded Agate with Amethyst Quartz from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

Quartz var. Banded Agate with Amethyst Quartz from Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 49033
Mineral:Quartz var. Banded Agate with Amethyst Quartz
Locality:Braen's Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey
Description:Large nodule with complex convoluted banded agate patterns in thin layers of translucent gray and red-brown lining the outer surfaces. The inner void was filled with quartz crystal that vary from colorless on the outside to purple amethyst in the center. Ex. Wilfred R. Welsh collection #2206
Overall Size:8x5.5x5 cm
Crystals:
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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