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Quartz var. Smoky from Waisanen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz var. Smoky from Waisanen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Smoky from Waisanen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Smoky from Waisanen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 48669
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky
Locality:Waisanen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Parallel formation of lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals on milky quartz and albite matrix. The original label indicated no exact quarry, but Vandall King added his handwritten attribution to Cilen's label. Ex. Joe Cilen (1916-1997) #3249; ex. J. Kenneth Fisher (1899-1981); ex. Stanley I. Perham (1907-1973)
Overall Size:9x4x5.5 cm
Crystals:5-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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