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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 11098
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst Scepter
Locality:Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Translucent scepter-shaped purple amethyst quartz crystal 42 mm long crossing the lower end of an elongated milky quartz crystal 100 mm long that was restored in two places where it fractured due to pocket collapse during ancient glaciation. Collected ca. 1960s by Tony Motus, Rumford, Me.
Overall Size:10x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:42-100 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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