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Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz (with phantom-growth zoning) from Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina

DESCRIPTION:	No. 75260
Mineral:	Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz (with phantom-growth zoning)
Locality:	Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina
Description:	Lustrous transparent purple parallel amethyst crystals on an earlier generation of milky quartz crystals with minor yellow limonite on rear. The amethyst crystals have internal phantom-growth zones of deeper color deep inside the crystal terminations. Ex. G. McLoughlin collection; collected ca. 2001
Overall Size:	6x5.5x3 cm
Crystals:	15-35 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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