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Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

 
Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite from Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

DESCRIPTION:No. 73929
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite
Locality:Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Description:Lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals to 20 mm over an earlier generation of colorless quartz crystals to 5 mm with overgrowth on select faces with greenish-yellow rhombohedral dolomite crystals to 2 mm. Ex. Steve Garza collection; collected by Robert Krupa
Overall Size:6.5x5x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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