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Quartz var. Amethyst over Milky Quartz from Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz var. Amethyst over Milky Quartz from Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Amethyst over Milky Quartz from Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Amethyst over Milky Quartz from Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Amethyst over Milky Quartz from Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Amethyst over Milky Quartz from Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 78414
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst over Milky Quartz
Locality:Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous transparent light-purple amethyst quartz crystals to 50 mm overgrown in parallel orientation on a doubly-terminated 85 mm milky quartz crystal. The amethyst crystals have white subsurface inclusions, probably microscopic albite. Collected in 1969 by Cliff Trebilcock
Overall Size:9.5x6.5x5.5 cm
Crystals:28-85 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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