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Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

 
Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz from Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

DESCRIPTION:No. 71384
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz
Locality:Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Description:Lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals on one face of brown-pink matrix. The amethyst crystals have circular pitting on the termination faces where they grew around hematite spheres that later dissolved away.
Overall Size:6x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:2-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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