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Quartz from Morse Brook, near Screw Augur Falls, Grafton Notch State Park, Andover, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz from Morse Brook, near Screw Augur Falls, Grafton Notch State Park, Andover, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz from Morse Brook, near Screw Augur Falls, Grafton Notch State Park, Andover, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 11108
Mineral:Quartz
Locality:Morse Brook, near Screw Augur Falls, Grafton Notch State Park, Andover, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Large cluster of quartz crystals up to 3.5 cm long with many thin casts after calcite crystals from a little collected, old-time locality. The back side shows the quartz grew over earlier layers of calcite, that have since dissolved away. Ex. William P. Hinkley (author of Maine Mines and Minerals, Volume 2, Eastern Maine)
Overall Size:14x11x7 cm
Crystals:1-35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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