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Quartz var. Amethyst-Smoky (scepter-shaped formation) from Ossipee Gulch (Raccoon Gulch), Folsom Brook, Center Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Quartz var. Amethyst-Smoky (scepter-shaped formation) from Ossipee Gulch (Raccoon Gulch), Folsom Brook, Center Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Amethyst-Smoky (scepter-shaped formation) from Ossipee Gulch (Raccoon Gulch), Folsom Brook, Center Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 53023
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst-Smoky (scepter-shaped formation)
Locality:Ossipee Gulch (Raccoon Gulch), Folsom Brook, Center Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Scepter-shaped formation of a 15 mm long transparent smoky quartz stem topped with a larger 15 mm transparent-to-translucent purple amethyst crystal. Subsurface whitish muscovite crystals are included in the outermost layers of the amethyst cap. Collected ca. 1988
Overall Size:29x13x9 mm
Crystals:29 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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