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Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown from Old Mine Pit, Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown from Old Mine Pit, Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown from Old Mine Pit, Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown from Old Mine Pit, Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 46966
Mineral:Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown
Locality:Old Mine Pit, Harvard Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Classic specimen of sparkling translucent quartz crystals to 3 mm covering quartz pseudomorphs after an unknown mineral to 45 mm long. Many studies have been made of the pseudomorphs, with suggestions of pollucite, topaz, albite as the original mineral. Collected in 1959 by John Raymond
Overall Size:9x5.5x5 cm
Crystals:20-45 mm pseudos
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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