AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Maine > Beryl var. Morganite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 48008 |
Mineral: | Beryl var. Morganite |
Locality: | Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine |
Description: | Hexagonal morganite crystal, the pink variety of beryl, with smooth crystal faces and well developed termination of flat basal pinacoid face with dipyramid {1121} corner faces (one corner incomplete). One area of the termination is gemmy deep-pink. Originally acquired in 1962 |
Overall Size: | 4x4x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 40 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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