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Quartz var. Amethystine from July 4th Pocket, Intergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz var. Amethystine from July 4th Pocket, Intergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Amethystine from July 4th Pocket, Intergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz var. Amethystine from July 4th Pocket, Intergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 66469
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethystine
Locality:July 4th Pocket, Intergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous transparent quartz crystals with faint purple amethystine color in two quartz crystals. I purchased this quartz from the miners a week after they found the pocket in 1993. For more info see articles in Rocks and Minerals, Jan.-Feb. 1994.
Overall Size:7x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:10-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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