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Quartz var. Amethyst with Hematite from Height's Lodge Pocket, Screel Hill, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

 
Quartz var. Amethyst with Hematite from Height's Lodge Pocket, Screel Hill, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

Quartz var. Amethyst with Hematite from Height's Lodge Pocket, Screel Hill, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

Quartz var. Amethyst with Hematite from Height's Lodge Pocket, Screel Hill, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

DESCRIPTION:No. 62516
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst with Hematite
Locality:Height's Lodge Pocket, Screel Hill, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Description:Lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals to 15 mm over milky quartz that has epimorphic casts after rhombohedral calcite crystals on the bottom. The amethyst crystals have microscopic red-brown hematite crystals on the surfaces. Collected in January 2009 by John Lawson (1942-2024) and Robert Lawson
Overall Size:8.5x4.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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