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Quartz with phantom-growth zoning of shale inclusions from Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

 
Quartz with phantom-growth zoning of shale inclusions from Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with phantom-growth zoning of shale inclusions from Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with phantom-growth zoning of shale inclusions from Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with phantom-growth zoning of shale inclusions from Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with phantom-growth zoning of shale inclusions from Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with phantom-growth zoning of shale inclusions from Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Quartz with phantom-growth zoning of shale inclusions from Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

DESCRIPTION:No. 65559
Mineral:Quartz with phantom-growth zoning of shale inclusions
Locality:Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystal with gray phantom-growth zone visible inside the crystal. These phantom zones are composed of microscopic fragments of shale that coated early generations of the quartz crystal as it formed. Ex. D. Miller collection #M2461, collected in 1986
Overall Size:3.5x3.5x2.7 cm
Crystals:35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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