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Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

 
Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 53464
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz
Locality:O and G Industries Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Part of a large vein of pale-purple amethyst crystals with milky termination zones. The terminations of the quartz crystals have small hemispherical white crystals to 1 mm diameter of an unidentified fibrous mineral, possibly natrolite or pectolite. Collected ca. 1998
Overall Size:15x12x6 cm
Crystals:micro to 30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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