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Quartz in etched Spodumene from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz in etched Spodumene from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz in etched Spodumene from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz in etched Spodumene from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 49847
Mineral:Quartz in etched Spodumene
Locality:Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Hexagonal lilac-colored spodumene crystal 40 mm across that was etched by pocket solutions resulting in a hollowed center that was later lined with lustrous parallel-grown colorless quartz crystals to 7 mm long. Personally collected in 1989
Overall Size:6x6x5 cm
Crystals:1-7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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