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Quartz on Microcline-Albite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz on Microcline-Albite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz on Microcline-Albite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz on Microcline-Albite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz on Microcline-Albite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz on Microcline-Albite from Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 70644
Mineral:Quartz on Microcline-Albite
Locality:Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Large doubly-terminated translucent pale-gray quartz crystal in a shallow cavity in tan-colored microcline-albite feldspar with a group of smaller translucent quartz crystals on the right end. The large quartz crystal is complete and undamaged.
Overall Size:9x7x5 cm
Crystals:1-70 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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