AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Massachusetts > Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 73929 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz with Dolomite |
Locality: | Simeone Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts |
Description: | Lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals to 20 mm over an earlier generation of colorless quartz crystals to 5 mm with overgrowth on select faces with greenish-yellow rhombohedral dolomite crystals to 2 mm. Ex. Steve Garza collection; collected by Robert Krupa |
Overall Size: | 6.5x5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 20 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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