AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals with Albite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75272 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals with Albite |
Locality: | Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Jequitinhonha River, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Description: | Lustrous transparent pink rose quartz crystals (rare) in parallel orientation on three faces of an earlier generation of translucent gray quartz with white albite on the edge. The crystals have complex surface growth patterns that reflect simultaneously. Collected ca. 1960 |
Overall Size: | 7.5x5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 5-25 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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