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Quartz var. Rose Quartz from (Bumpus Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz var. Rose Quartz from (Bumpus Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Rose Quartz from (Bumpus Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz var. Rose Quartz from (Bumpus Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 52744
Mineral:Quartz var. Rose Quartz
Locality:(Bumpus Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Transparent pink rose quartz fragment with whitish coating on one face that fluoresces under UV illumination (apatite?). Nalle listed the locality as between Bethel and Lovell, Maine which to the Bumpus Quarry, a known rose quartz locality. Ex. Peter B. Nalle (1923-2010) collection #159a, personally collected in May 1946
Overall Size:9.5x9x5 cm
Crystals:
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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