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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 40679 |
| Mineral: | Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals |
| Locality: | Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine |
| Description: | A single pink rose quartz crystal in a shallow cavity lined with yellow carbonate fluorapatite or cookeite microcrystals over white albite. For unknown reasons crystals of rose quartz occur at only a handful of localities. Collected in June 1969 by Cliff Trebilcock |
| Overall Size: | 3x3x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.2-6.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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