AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Rhode Island > Quartz var. Amethyst on Milky Quartz

Search
 

Online Mineral Museum Archive of Mineral Photographs and Mineral Descriptions from John Betts - Fine Minerals.com and Allminerals.com

   

Quartz var. Amethyst on Milky Quartz from Diamond Hill, Ashaway, south of Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island

 
Quartz var. Amethyst on Milky Quartz from Diamond Hill, Ashaway, south of Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island

Quartz var. Amethyst on Milky Quartz from Diamond Hill, Ashaway, south of Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island

Quartz var. Amethyst on Milky Quartz from Diamond Hill, Ashaway, south of Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island

Quartz var. Amethyst on Milky Quartz from Diamond Hill, Ashaway, south of Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island

Quartz var. Amethyst on Milky Quartz from Diamond Hill, Ashaway, south of Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island

DESCRIPTION:No. 60756
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst on Milky Quartz
Locality:Diamond Hill, Ashaway, south of Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island
Description:Large cluster of transparent-to-translucent colorless quartz crystals to 30 mm long overgrown with a later generation of lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals to 20 mm. The amethyst crystals show internal phantom-growth zones. Collected by Sal Avella (1928-2013) in November 1995
Overall Size:13x11x7 cm
Crystals:5-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

© AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals All Rights Reserved

The minerals illustrated on this site are presented for reference purposes only. The owner of this site did not collect the minerals and collectors should not assume access is permitted to the property based on inclusion in this museum. Please contact the property owner to obtain legal permission before entering private property. ;