Quartz (Smoky-Amethyst Scepter) with Hyalite Opal from Little Gem Mine, Upper Rader Creek, Jefferson County, Montana
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 60306
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| Mineral: | Quartz (Smoky-Amethyst Scepter) with Hyalite Opal
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| Locality: | Little Gem Mine, Upper Rader Creek, Jefferson County, Montana |
| Description: | Large 75 mm translucent gray smoky quartz crystal overgrown on one prism face with a 70 mm group of doubly-terminated transparent pale-purple to deep-purple amethyst crystals in parallel orientation. Patches of hyalite opal fluoresce green under SW UV. |
| Overall Size: | 8x5x4.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 5-75 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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