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Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Quartz Scepter with Hyalite from Petersen Mountain Range, northeast of Hallelujah Junction, Washoe County, Nevada

 
Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Quartz Scepter with Hyalite from Petersen Mountain Range, northeast of Hallelujah Junction, Washoe County, Nevada

Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Quartz Scepter with Hyalite from Petersen Mountain Range, northeast of Hallelujah Junction, Washoe County, Nevada

Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Quartz Scepter with Hyalite from Petersen Mountain Range, northeast of Hallelujah Junction, Washoe County, Nevada

Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Quartz Scepter with Hyalite from Petersen Mountain Range, northeast of Hallelujah Junction, Washoe County, Nevada

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Quartz Scepter with Hyalite from Petersen Mountain Range, northeast of Hallelujah Junction, Washoe County, Nevada

DESCRIPTION:No. 80407
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Quartz Scepter with Hyalite
Locality:Petersen Mountain Range, northeast of Hallelujah Junction, Washoe County, Nevada
Description:Scepter-shaped formation of a lustrous transparent 28 mm smoky-amethyst quartz crystal on a smaller 20 mm colorless translucent quartz crystal. There are small patches of hyalite on the smoky quartz that fluoresce bright green under SW UV illumination. Ex. R. Holmes collection Qu-2
Overall Size:42x30x22 mm
Crystals:20-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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