| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from North Carolina > Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 76177 |
| Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Quartz |
| Locality: | Reel Mine, New Years Pocket, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent smoky-to-amethyst quartz crystals with tan-colored laterite pocket clay between the crystals. The smoky-amethyst quartz crystals have internal phantom-growth zones of darker color deep inside the crystal terminations. Collected ca. 2005 |
| Overall Size: | 9.5x8x7 cm |
| Crystals: | 8-35 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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