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Quartz with phantom-growth zones from Wegner Mines, Collier Creek, 4.4 km south of Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

 
Quartz with phantom-growth zones from Wegner Mines, Collier Creek, 4.4 km south of Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with phantom-growth zones from Wegner Mines, Collier Creek, 4.4 km south of Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with phantom-growth zones from Wegner Mines, Collier Creek, 4.4 km south of Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with phantom-growth zones from Wegner Mines, Collier Creek, 4.4 km south of Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

DESCRIPTION:No. 80555
Mineral:Quartz with phantom-growth zones
Locality:Wegner Mines, Collier Creek, 4.4 km south of Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystal with gray phantom-growth zone visible inside the crystal. The phantom zone is composed of microscopic fragments of shale that coated early generations of the quartz crystal as it formed. Ex. Miller #M249; collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:68x42x40 mm
Crystals:68 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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