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Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Muscovite from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Muscovite from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Muscovite from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Muscovite from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Muscovite from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Muscovite from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Muscovite from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 76230
Mineral:Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite with Muscovite
Locality:Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Many lustrous transparent pink rose quartz crystals to 1.5 mm on tan-colored albite with scattered muscovite mica. The rose quartz crystals occur in a shallow cavity with transparent colorless albite crystals to 1 mm. Rose quartz crystals are rare. Ex. Franklin Mineral Museum (N.J.); ex. Steve Murphy collection; originally acquired from Perham's (West Paris, Maine)
Overall Size:6.5x5.5x3 cm
Crystals:0.5-1.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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