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Quartz var. Amethyst from Saltman Prospect, Camp Encore, Sweden, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz var. Amethyst from Saltman Prospect, Camp Encore, Sweden, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Amethyst from Saltman Prospect, Camp Encore, Sweden, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 46385
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst
Locality:Saltman Prospect, Camp Encore, Sweden, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Thin plate of crystallized milky quartz with translucent purple amethyst quartz crystals. Select faces are coated with reddish limonite-included quartz microcrystals. Some of the amethyst crystals are in groups of parallel crystals. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:14x13x3 cm
Crystals:5-25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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