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Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite and Dolomite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

 
Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite and Dolomite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite and Dolomite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite and Dolomite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite and Dolomite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite and Dolomite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite and Dolomite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite and Dolomite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 72062
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite and Dolomite
Locality:Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico
Description:Lustrous transparent deep-purple amethyst quartz crystals to 15 mm with scattered lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 6 mm and translucent brown dolomite microcrystals in fan-shaped aggregates. Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:5x5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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