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Quartz (parallel growth) over Milky Quartz from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz (parallel growth) over Milky Quartz from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz (parallel growth) over Milky Quartz from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz (parallel growth) over Milky Quartz from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz (parallel growth) over Milky Quartz from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 73071
Mineral:Quartz (parallel growth) over Milky Quartz
Locality:Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Many parallel lustrous doubly-terminated transparent pale-smoky quartz crystals to 15 mm over an earlier generation of milky quartz crystals to 30 mm. This a classic parallel quartz formations from this quarry and highly sought by collectors. From the collection of Frank C. Perham (b. 1934-), namesake of the mineral species Perhamite
Overall Size:5.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:9-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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