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Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz (Scepter Formation) from Intergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz (Scepter Formation) from Intergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz (Scepter Formation) from Intergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 60178
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz (Scepter Formation)
Locality:Intergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Scepter formation of lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals overgrown on a smaller stem of colorless quartz crystal. The amethyst quartz has wispy albite subsurface inclusions. Several faces are pitted where the quartz contacted the cavity. Collected in November 2013
Overall Size:36x20x12 mm
Crystals:18-25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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