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Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Upper Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona

 
Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Upper Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Upper Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Upper Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 58936
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite
Locality:Upper Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous transparent pale-purple amethyst quartz crystals to 7 mm lining one face of pyrite-rich matrix with a few translucent colorless calcite crystals to 3 mm. Amethyst is uncommon in the Bisbee mining region. Ex. B. Gaber collection; ex. David Garske, collected ca. 1944-45
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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