DESCRIPTION: | No. 77139
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Mineral: | Quartz var. Amethystine on Fluorite
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Locality: | Unaweep Canyon, 23.5 km south of Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado |
Description: | Unusually large plate of pale-purple amethystine quartz crystals to 9 mm completely covering one face of a plate of translucent green fluorite. A few of the larger quartz crystals have medium-purple core zones, but most crystals are pale. Collected ca. 1975. This quartz outcrop was completely excavated by open pit mining ca. 1983. |
Overall Size: | 17x12x5 cm |
Crystals: | 5-9 mm |
Status: | Sold - Posted here for reference only |
Buy similar: | Minerals from Rocky Mountain States, USA > Quartz Specimens |