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Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Kidder Lane east of Woodland Road, Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts

 
Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Kidder Lane east of Woodland Road, Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Kidder Lane east of Woodland Road, Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Kidder Lane east of Woodland Road, Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Kidder Lane east of Woodland Road, Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts

DESCRIPTION:No. 64537
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz
Locality:Kidder Lane east of Woodland Road, Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Description:Large sparkling cluster of lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz over an earlier generation of colorless quartz crystals with brown limonite. This is one of the best specimens I have seen from this one-time find at a house construction site. Collected by Larry Bull in spring of 2000
Overall Size:11x7x6 cm
Crystals:1-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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